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WHAT HAPPENED?
Manchester United formally parted ways with the Dutch coach on Monday following a disappointing 2-1 defeat at London Stadium against the struggling Hammers. It was United’s fourth defeat in nine outings in the Premier League in the 2024-25 campaign, which dropped them to 14th position in the league table. The club have also failed to win any of their three Europa League games, drawing against FC Twente, FC Porto and Fenerbahce.
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Getty Images SportWHAT THE FANS ARE SAYING
As Ten Hag exited after spending just over two years at Old Trafford, rival fans took to social media to mock United and the manager.
An X (formerly Twitter) handle named CFC-Blues was unhappy that the Red Devils sacked Ten Hag just before their encounter with Chelsea on Sunday saying: “Could have waited another week ffs.”
A handle named Chels_HQ wrote: “We will never forget him and what he did for this football club.”
An Arsenal fan handle with the handle Arsene Wenger’s Coat expressed his apparent sadness at Ten Hag leaving: “Everyone at Arsenal is extremely sad to hear this news.”
A Liverpool fan named Greezy mockingly wrote: “This is the worst day in modern football history.”
A Chelsea fan with the username cfcmaho, posted: “Terrible decision. He won you the FA and Carabao Cup.”
A fan named Ebuka slammed the Manchester club for parting ways with the Dutchman as he wrote: “Sacking a Legendary Manager because of an Overrated Garnacho is cruel.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE
There has been speculation over the former Ajax coach’s future due to the club’s poor start to the new season. Earlier this month, a board meeting was held to discuss the possibility of sacking Ten Hag. However, at that point, nothing was decided. Last week, reports emerged that ex-Barcelona coach Xavi and Sporting CP boss Ruben Amorim were on top of a four-man shortlist of candidates to succeed the Dutchman, but GOAL understands the ex-Barcelona boss has no plans to end his sabbatical.
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Getty Images SportWHAT NEXT FOR MANCHESTER UNITED?
For now, Ruud van Nistelrooy will step up to take charge of the team on an interim basis as the club prepare to face Leicester City in a EFL Cup round-of-16 clash on Wednesday.
