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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

Manchester United and the sound of the Old Trafford crisis klaxon

The good news for Erik ten Hag, is that he still has the backing of Fred the Red.
The good news for Erik ten Hag is that he still has the backing of Fred the Red. Photograph: Matt West/Shutterstock

RED ALERT

It’s a little too early in the Premier League campaign to sound the Old Trafford crisis klaxon, which is probably just as well considering the state of disrepair and decrepitude into which the famous stadium has fallen suggests it has almost certainly run out of battery and wouldn’t emit a sound. Nevertheless, Manchester United’s season has got off to a most inauspicious beginning both on and off the field and it is difficult to avoid the feeling that the club’s beleaguered manager Erik ten Hag is now one heavy midweek defeat against Bayern Munich in Big Cup away from receiving public messages of support from random corners of the internet.

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