- Crimson Devils have been thrashed 3-0 by Spurs on Sunday to heap stress on the boss
- Keown has advised his previous foe, van Nistelrooy, is ‘ready to take over’ the facet
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Ruud van Nistelrooy is ‘ready to take over’ from fellow Dutchman Erik ten Hag at Manchester United following the facet’s humiliating 3-0 house defeat by Tottenham, his previous foe Martin Keown has advised.
The Crimson Devils endured a depressing Sunday afternoon as they have been convincingly torn aside by Ange Postecoglou’s facet at Outdated Trafford, due to targets from Brennan Johnson, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke.
The ordeal piled additional stress on beleagured boss ten Hag whose two-year spell on the membership seems to be drawing to an in depth, with United sitting twelfth within the desk behind Brentford.
Assistant supervisor van Nistelrooy could possibly be seen patrolling the touchline subsequent to his countryman all through the encounter. The previous Crimson Devils striker returned to the the facet over the summer time.
Now Arsenal legend Keown, who engaged in a lot of heated feuds with the Dutchman all through his taking part in profession, has instructed talkSport that he thinks van Nistelrooy could possibly be in line to switch ten Hag.
Ruud van Nistelrooy is ‘ready to take over’ from Erik ten Hag at Manchester United following the facet’s humiliating 3-0 house defeat to Tottenham, his previous foe Martin Keown has advised
The ordeal piled additional stress on beleagured boss ten Hag whose two-year spell on the membership seems to be drawing to an in depth
Assistant supervisor van Nistelrooy could possibly be seen patrolling the touchline subsequent to his countryman all through the encounter
Now Keown, who engaged in a lot of heated feuds with the Dutchman all through his taking part in profession, has instructed talkSport that he thinks van Nistelrooy might change ten Hag
He mentioned: ‘I am Van Nistelrooy. Is he giving the whole lot to this supervisor? This supervisor seems to be very lonely on the sideline.
‘Is Van Nistelrooy ready to take over? As a result of it seems to be as if there’s going to be change going down there.
‘Is everybody including to the group? I am not seeing that from Van Nistelrooy. Ten Hag is simply sitting there, nothing happening, no dialog. Pep [Guardiola] goes again and speaks to the gurus subsequent to him.
‘Is all people wanting within the mirror at themselves giving their finest?’
Keown’s most notorious run-in with van Nistelrooy got here in the course of the Battle of Outdated Trafford in 2003 the place the Arsenal centre-back celebrated within the face of the United striker when he missed a penalty.
The Englishman was fined £20,000 and given a three-match ban following the incident which befell within the dying seconds of a goalless encounter between the 2 title hopefuls.
A mass brawl ensued however Keown insists van Nistelrooy himself was in charge for Gunners captain Patrick Vieira’s sending off earlier within the match, suggesting that the Dutch worldwide’s theatrics had influenced the referee’s determination.
Bruno Fernandes obtained a crimson card for scraping the leg of Spurs’ James Maddison along with his boot simply earlier than half-time in a torrid efficiency from the Crimson Devils.
Earlier right this moment it was reported that United are standing by under-fire ten Hag however the Dutchman faces a probably pivotal week within the battle to avoid wasting his job.
Sources say the membership are remaining calm within the face of the newest storm to engulf the supervisor and are uncomfortable with any suggestion that he has two video games to keep away from the sack.
Keown’s most notorious run-in with van Nistelrooy got here in the course of the Battle of Outdated Trafford in 2003
Tottenham Hotspur produced a free-flowing attacking show to sentence ten-man Manchester United to a crushing 3-0 defeat
Bruno Fernandes obtained a crimson card for scraping the leg of Spurs’ James Maddison along with his boot
Ange Postecoglou’s facet made it 4 wins in a row in all competitions and will have had six or seven
However there may be an acceptance that outcomes should enhance and United will need to see a response from Ten Hag’s crew in Thursday’s Europa League tie away to FC Porto and Sunday’s journey to Aston Villa.
It’s adopted by a two-week worldwide break which might give United’s minority proprietor Sir Jim Ratcliffe a transparent alternative to make a change if he decides that Ten Hag’s time is up.
United have misplaced half of their six Premier League video games this season together with back-to-back 3-0 defeats at house to Spurs and Liverpool.
