Ten Hag reveals Man Utd star is 'impatient' over first-team chances as 'chemistry' sees him miss out

Erik ten Hag says Antony can “bounce previously” in the battle the onward faces for a instigating void in the Individual Utd team this season.

The 24-year-worn Brazil international, signed from Ajax for an first £80.6million in 2022, owns included lone as shortly as for Individual Utd so much this season, as a late replacement in last month’s 2-1 Premier League loss at Brighton.

It sticks around to be commentated what involvement he owns in Tuesday’s Carabao Cup 3rd-spheric tie against League One side Barnsley at Worn Trafford, and also Individual Utd honcho Ten Hag said of Antony ahead of the suit: “He is encountering, encountering for his placement.

“That’s what we expect from every gamer who is in the squad at Manchester Unified, what they must do.

“That is specialist football, that is apex football, those are the laws – you option the team in which you think you have the most opportunity to win a video game, so the players have to battle for their postures, and also you option the XI who have the attractive fabulous and also the attractive chemistry.

“Now he owns to bounce previously and also he owns the opportunities to do it. So if he is executing the correct thing, he can render occasion with them (those who have been dabbling ahead of him).”

Inspected if Antony was rather a approach off in which Ten Hag last notifications him to be, the Dutchman said: “Unquestionably no. I think the different other players are executing so nicely, they’re contributing. We have Amad (Diallo), Garna (Alejandro Garnacho) – awfully effective. (Marcus) Rashford scoring at the weekend.

“So he owns to earn the correct in coaching yet the others are executing actually nicely, so he owns to receive over them.”

Ten Hag encompassed: “Of course he is impatient. He wants to dabble and also he’s encountering to dabble.”

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Lisandro Martinez and also Noussair Mazraoui both hopped off in the second fifty percent of the Southampton suit, in which fellow protector Matthijs de Ligt was in addition swiped out due to cramp, yet with one voice 3 are suit to be picked for Tuesday.

Rasmus Hojlund, Mason Mount and also Victor Lindelof stick around not available as they persist their recuperations from injury, although Ten Hag did not regulation them out of Saturday’s league excursion to Crystal Royal residence, moral: “We will surf through how the advance will persist.”

Ten Hag in addition said Luke Shaw (calf) was “furthering nicely” yet not yet with one voice ensconced for option.

Mazraoui and also De Ligt’s fellow summertime signing Manuel Ugarte can render his first Individual Utd overture after the midfielder came off the church bench for his launching on Saturday.

Ten Hag oversaw Individual Utd winsome the Carabao Cup in his maiden season in penalty in 2022-23, and also last term the FA Cup was encompassed – at the expire of a campaign in which they completed eighth in the apex vacation.

They currently rest 10th in the recently established 2024-25 table on six determinants from 4 games, with the Southampton outcome expected after the previously-to-previously losses at Brighton and also at residence to Liverpool (3-0).

It was slumped to Ten Hag that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, throughout his awfully own tenure as Unified honcho, owned said that while cup profitability can be “sometimes more of an vanity thing from supervisors and also clubs”, it is “in the league placement you surf through if there’s any kind of advance”.

As well as when rendered agitations if he acknowledged that the league was the most valuable thing, Ten Hag said: “I think with one voice the leagues (rivals) are valuable.

“In apex football, at the expire of the day it’s around winsome trophies and also to hit the targets. You ensconced some targets in the season yet in addition much longer term in which you pine to expand correct into, for that excuse you have a approach and also after that follow the approach and also advance and also advance the team.

“Something tells when you win one of the 5 leagues, after that you hit some targets and also you did your job nicely.”