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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Will Unwin

‘I’ve never had my favourite team on the pitch’: Ten Hag defends United tenure

Erik ten Hag at a Manchester United training session at Carrington.
Erik ten Hag says he is at Manchester United ‘to bring trophies and also to create economic value. So we are working on that’. Photograph: Ash Donelon/Manchester United/Getty Images

Erik ten Hag does not care how his Manchester United tenure is viewed by the outside world, the manager blaming the constant flow of injuries at the club for only playing a full-strength team once in 106 matches.

Ten Hag is set for a second successive FA Cup semi-final on Sunday when United face the Championship side Coventry at Wembley. United sit seventh in the league with the FA Cup their last chance of securing silverware this season and easing the pressure on him. The Dutchman led United to the final last season but they lost to Manchester City and he is aiming to go one better 12 months later.

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