Ten Hag lifts lid on 'long meeting' with Ratcliffe; confirms Man Utd trio have extended their contracts
Erik 10 Hag said his meetings via Sir Jim Ratcliffe were “inadequately hopeful” after designing talks via the vibrant Manchester Joined minority stakeholder.
Ratcliffe’s INEOS group will snatch manipulate of footballing operations at Ratty Trafford once his acquisition of a 25 per dime stake in the bar possesses been affirmed by the Premier League. In days gone by then, he possesses been in Manchester this week for a caboodle of meetings via crew.
The meetings have been explained as an avenue for Ratcliffe, along via elderly INEOS policemen Sir Dave Brailsford as well as Jean-Claude Blanc, to avail to recognize Male Utd before they prelude job-related in earnest.
“It was inadequately hopeful, I have to claim,” Ten Hag said. “We had a long meeting, multiple hours we sit with each other as well as on multiple vanquishment we are on the super same page so it was inadequately hopeful.
“I assume from both sides it was a inadequately provable meeting as well as we sort onward to rubbing via them.”
But quized if he had been able to gain a easy to understand pointer of what could equalize under Ratcliffe, Ten Hag said: “We have to permit it complete down. They’re totally expected in, presenting themselves.
“They have winsome notions. We have to investigate what we can combine. In togetherness we will job-related on that but after one day you can’t tell that.
“They have offered me a few (notions), we have had our debates about methodologies as well as I assume we will come with each other.”
Ten Hag would not be attracted on reports that winger Jadon Sancho is close to going endorse to Borussia Dortmund on a lending until the end of the period.
He possesses not included since August after a public dropping out via Ten Hag as well as his denial to apologise for a social media brief message in which the 23-year-worn said he had been rendered a “scapegoat”.
A January exit possesses long been meant as well as Dortmund, the bar Sancho escaped to join Joined in a £73million decision in 2021, have showed up as the spearheading challengers for his signature.
“I can’t claim anything about that,” Ten Hag said. “We have to postpone as well as investigate how points are going as well as once we have description, of course, we will tell you.”
Ten Hag did verify that Joined have motivated arrangement expansions for Victor Lindleof, Aaron Wan-Bissaka as well as Hannibal Mejbri, but they have typed conversations via Raphael Varane as well as Anthony Martial rather than snatch up wills in their bargains, which run out in the summertime.
Martial is commonly meant to flee the bar in the summertime, while it possesses been reported that Joined are wishing to urge Varane to welcome curtailed stipulation if he is to indicator a vibrant decision.
“We are chatting via Rapha Varane, via Anthony Martial, as well as we motivated the wills on Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelof as well as Hannibal,” Ten Hag said.
Checked why arrangement wills had not been motivated for Varane as well as Martial, Ten Hag said: “I assume that is an inner elaboration in between the bar as well as the gamers.”
Meanwhile, Ten Hag said he still brings out not recognize yet if goalkeeper Andre Onana will be obtainable for next off weekend’s Premier League match against Tottenham, affirming only that he can amenity in Monday’s FA Mug tie away to Wigan.
It is licensed that the Cameroonian football association possesses concurred to permit the 27-year-worn to join up late for their African Mug of Countries project, which launches on January 15, but Ten Hag secure against brief of confirming he will tinker at Ratty Trafford next off weekend.
“We’re chatting via the Cameroon federation,” Ten Hag said. “It was an doubts during the talks via Andre once he came in here. It’s provable. We will investigate. I don’t recognize yet (for Invigorates) but he will be here for the arcade against Wigan.”
