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Manchester United boss Ten Hag on injuries, transfers and challenge of Brighton (Full Presser)
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22/08/2024
Manchester United boss Erik Ten Hag updated on the fitness of key players ahead of their clash with Brighton and Hove Albion and also potential incoming transfers before the end of the transfer window
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00:00
Hi, Eric. First place to start, the team for this weekend, anyone unavailable?
00:05
And what's the situation with Victor Lindelof?
00:06
There's a bit of confusion about his situation at the moment.
00:10
There's no confusion. He has an issue on his toe, so hopefully he can return quickly.
00:17
But he's not available for the weekend.
00:20
Whereas also we have some, but I think we know them, Tyrone, Malaysia,
00:24
Rasmus Holland, they are not available as well.
00:29
There's obviously a lot of talk at the moment about transfers,
00:35
with the deadline approaching. Manuel Lugate has been spoken about a lot.
00:39
Are you hoping to do business before the window?
00:43
Just be patient. Just sit, wait.
00:48
We're working, of course, very hard and we will always try to make the best squad possible.
00:55
And so we have a couple of days. The approach will always be improve.
01:02
So as long as we have the opportunity, we will look for it.
01:05
But in this moment, I can't tell any news.
01:10
Have you been happy with the business so far?
01:12
Yes, I'm very pleased.
01:16
It is showing we're going in the right direction.
01:19
We know as a club we have to catch up, but I think it shows our ambitions,
01:25
our ambition, the way we want to go.
01:30
So I think we have done good business, really very good players,
01:36
quality players who will contribute to our squad, to our quality of the squad.
01:45
You talked there about patience.
01:47
I know the URT deal has been a deal that both the club and the player
01:51
have had to be very patient about.
01:52
Does it show the merits of that approach,
01:54
assuming you do complete this signing in the next couple of days?
01:58
Yes, I said. When we have news, we will bring it.
02:02
But you know already the answer, so I don't understand the question.
02:07
What about Jadon Sanchez?
02:09
Obviously, he was not selected in the squad last week.
02:12
Is he back and available for selection?
02:14
Do you expect him to be involved in the squad this weekend?
02:17
We will see. So we have a squad and I hope we will have a squad with double positioning
02:27
when we go into the season after the 1st of September.
02:30
And that means also that you can't select all the players for a game.
02:35
But we need all the players throughout the season
02:38
because this will be a season of the survival of the fittest.
02:41
The survival of the fittest.
02:42
And of course, we have to manage it.
02:44
But also the attitude of the players is very important.
02:48
And that sometimes they will be disappointed, but they have to deal with it
02:52
because you don't win with 11 and you win as a squad.
02:57
And so the prizes, they are divided next May.
03:03
So till then, we need all the players in the squad
03:05
and all the players highly motivated to contribute.
03:08
That is also not an expectation, no, it's a demand from the club.
03:13
And from me as a manager for the squad.
03:17
The squad and the team is always more important than every individual.
03:22
There was a lot of praise for Josh Sirksey making such an impact last week against Fulham.
03:26
How excited are you by him as a prospect?
03:29
And given the fact that he's got somebody like
03:31
Rudy van Nistelrooy there to look up to and be a mentor to him as well,
03:35
what are you hoping for from him?
03:38
It's very pleasing that a player who's a striker,
03:44
that he scores his first goal in his first game.
03:50
Because that will give him the confidence, the surrounding confidence.
03:55
So yeah, very pleased that it's happened.
03:58
And I gave the comparison with last year with Rasmus Hoyland,
04:05
when he scored in his first game against Brighton.
04:08
And then the VAR looked for five minutes,
04:11
and then they came to the conclusion,
04:13
now the ball from Resford crossed the line in his assist.
04:18
And then he had to wait three months for his first Premier League goal.
04:21
So yeah, it helps absolutely.
04:23
He scores his first goal, gives him confidence,
04:27
and gives us confidence as a team.
04:30
Very good process, so.
04:33
Last two, Robin and then Micky.
04:35
Eric, you've let Koundé Pellisteri leave the club.
04:39
Just tell us your thought process behind that.
04:43
He is a very talented player,
04:48
progressed very good last season.
04:51
But we have a lot of competition in the wide area.
04:55
So yeah, we look at what do we need as a squad,
05:01
but also every player needs a perspective.
05:04
And in this moment, we had many players to compete in those positions,
05:11
and then we couldn't give him the right perspective.
05:15
In this club, I think he's a very good player, high potential.
05:20
What he needs is games to improve, to progress.
05:26
And he gets the opportunity at Panathinaikos,
05:30
and we will follow the process.
05:33
Eric, the transfer window is obviously still open.
05:35
You talk about players maybe coming into Manchester United.
05:38
Is the players going to be leaving?
05:40
High-profile players might leave before the end of the window?
05:42
I didn't say I'm looking for transfers coming in.
05:46
I didn't say this.
05:47
Also, I don't say that players going out.
05:50
So I said patience, just for you guys, just wait.
05:55
When we have news, we will bring it.
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