When it comes to dealing with a mountain of problems, only the next Prime Minister can top Erik ten Hag’s intray.
An opening defeat at home to Brighton, Cristiano Ronaldo wanting to leave, Paris St Germain targeting Marcus Rashford, an embarrassing U-turn over signing Marco Arnautovic and still no new striker and midfielder. Oh, and Michael Knighton is back to add to the feeling of crisis at United, laughably claiming he is making another takeover bid.
In just one week, all the positivity generated by United’s good pre-season has been blown away and instead the club feels back where it was under Ralf Rangnick. To be fair to Ten Hag, he refuses to hide and says he accepts the intense scrutiny comes with the territory at United.
