Ten Hag on Utd transfer latest ahead of huge Liverpool game (Full Presser)

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Ten Hag on Utd transfer latest ahead of huge Liverpool game   30/08/2024  Carrington Training centre, Manchester, UK

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00:00Eric, hi. We've been waiting for news on Scott McTominay and Manuel Guardi for a couple of days now.

00:07I know there's not been any official announcement, but can you update anything yet?

00:12It looks like you know everything, so, Simon, I can't tell you more than you already know.

00:22So it's not completed yet.

00:26But the deadline closes at 11 o'clock, so presumably you expect it to be completed.

00:31Yes, we expect it, but I can't confirm it by now.

00:36Can you also update what the situation is with Jadon Sancho?

00:41He's playing our squad and we are happy with him.

00:46We need a good squad, we need depth in the squad.

00:50We have to play many games until January, so the new format of Europe.

00:58After the break we will play every third game, so we need absolutely options.

01:04So you expect him still to be here after this evening?

01:10As I know, yes.

01:12Melissa.

01:14Erik, what's the latest with Rasmus Hoyland and when can we expect him back in first-team training?

01:21After the break, but when?

01:24After the break, I think it's three weeks from now.

01:28We have to see how it develops, how we can progress during the break to get a match fit.

01:36He returned on the pitch, but it will take a while before he's up.

01:41Everyone has seen how it happens in the first game,

01:45so we need to co-op and build some fitness.

01:49I know you can't confirm anything, but you would have seen the scenes yesterday

01:54of Scott McTominay at Naples Airport getting a very warm welcome by the fans.

01:59Was that a nice thing for you to see?

02:01A massive smile on his face, him being so welcomed so quickly?

02:05It's a little bit mixed.

02:08I'm very happy for him and it's also for us,

02:12but it's mixed because I wouldn't prefer to lose him

02:19because he is Man United in everything.

02:22He was so important for our team, for Manchester United.

02:27He was here for over 22 years, but unfortunately it's the rules.

02:32We have to discuss the rules.

02:35You have to do sales and then obviously homegrown players,

02:40so academy players, they bring more value.

02:44That's not the right thing to do,

02:46but I think for everyone, for all parts, it's a good deal.

02:52For Scott, he's happy with it.

02:55Of course for Napoli, a very good player, but also for us.

02:59Eric, looking ahead to this weekend,

03:02what is the team news heading into Liverpool?

03:05What do you mean by team news?

03:07You want to have the line-up?

03:09In an ideal world, yes, but I don't think you're going to give us that.

03:13Are we looking at the same again or do you have more options this weekend?

03:17No, we have an amazing amount.

03:20We've all seen he's not available for the weekend.

03:25I think that's it.

03:28For the rest, it's the same squad as last week.

03:32With Liverpool in mind, you had two good games against them

03:35at Old Trafford in the League Cup last year.

03:38Is it a tie that excites you coming so early in the season

03:41and what differences have you already seen

03:43in the way Arnaud Slot lines up his team?

03:46It's always when Liverpool come, it's very exciting.

03:49We are really looking forward to competing with them.

03:54We have a good squad, we can bring a good team out.

03:59Of course, it's early in the season,

04:02we have to progress, we have to improve.

04:05Also because we have to integrate some new players in,

04:09but we are really looking forward to this game.

04:12Neil, what are you getting with the new player

04:16that you maybe didn't have with Scott?

04:18Why have you made the change?

04:21With the new player?

04:23To make a change, I think you can't...

04:26It's not a comparison.

04:29It's not that you can compare those two players

04:32because they are different players.

04:35We had three number 10s

04:38and we didn't have any more holding midfielders.

04:42We had one, so that is the idea behind it.

04:46Samuel.

04:48Eric, Dan Ashworth said the UEFA draw regarding the trust window,

04:52let's see what happens.

04:54The window is still open, we have some conversations going on.

04:57Do you think there will be any more incomings

05:00or do you think the next player will be the final player to come in?

05:03Dan Ashworth said everything,

05:06so I don't have to go into this,

05:11because it's already set.

05:15I think we always look for opportunities

05:18to bring out the best squad we can have.

05:21Marcus Rashford has got a very good record against Liverpool,

05:25but he had some criticism from Alan Shearer last week.

05:28You took him off just after Ahmad scored.

05:32Is he lacking confidence?

05:34I know you said a couple of weeks ago he wasn't,

05:36but he's had some good chances this season.

05:38Everyone gets criticism from you guys,

05:41it doesn't matter what we are doing.

05:43If I take a player off,

05:46it's a conclusion, I'm not happy with him.

05:49I was very happy with Reci.

05:52In pre-season, against Fulham,

05:55also against Brighton,

05:58it was not that I took him off

06:01because his performances or his level was not right.

06:04No, we have to rotate.

06:06We have good players on the bench as well.

06:08You bring new energy to win the game

06:11and there will be a rotation.

06:13If the conclusion is a player is not performing,

06:16it can be sometimes,

06:18but definitely it wasn't in this case.

06:21It's a stupid analysis from a pundit.

06:27You've talked about the no-good culture you inherited

06:30when you first came here,

06:32and all the work you've had to do behind the scenes

06:34and the work that continues to go on with the structure.

06:36With regard to Liverpool,

06:37do you think Arnist Lotz had it easier than you

06:40with the club that finished third?

06:42The structure was already in place,

06:43the players were there.

06:44Has he had it easier than you to slot in?

06:46Whereas you've had to do so much more work behind the scenes

06:48to get this squad and this club

06:50back to where you want it to be.

06:52That was one of the reasons

06:55I wanted to come here,

06:57to have this challenge.

06:58I knew on the forehand

06:59this is the most difficult thing

07:01I could ever do in life.

07:04To come in a club

07:05where there are a lot of problems

07:08which we had to solve.

07:10Because I inherited a history

07:13of no trophies for six years.

07:16That meant that the dressing room

07:18and the qualities were not right.

07:20So we had to build,

07:23we had to construct,

07:24we had to perform

07:28and bring up a higher level.

07:31We did this with transfers,

07:35but also we did it

07:37by bringing academy players

07:39into the team.

07:40What you see now,

07:42we brought new players in

07:44but many young players

07:46and we are in a life cycle

07:49at the start.

07:50We are still in this transition stage,

07:53we have young players

07:54and now we have to make a team from it.

07:57But we have young players,

07:59we brought them in,

08:00young players,

08:01the academy players

08:02and now we have to construct a team

08:04for the future.

08:05Arne Sloot hasn't had that challenge

08:07has he so far?

08:08He's just inherited a great team.

08:10But I'm not here

08:13to talk for him

08:15but Liverpool,

08:16it's clear,

08:17they are in a different

08:19phase of the life cycle.

08:21They have a team

08:23that's mature.

08:25So players already

08:27who are long together,

08:28playing long together

08:29and who are very experienced

08:31and we are much more a mix

08:33and we have to build a new team.

08:37Do you think

08:38because of the job he's taking on

08:40it suits you to catch him

08:42early in the season

08:43to try and get him early

08:44in that cycle

08:45that gives you more of a chance

08:47to win this game?

08:48We can always win.

08:49Also last year

08:50we won in the second part

08:52of the season.

08:53But you're facing somebody

08:55who you know full well

08:57how difficult it is

08:58coming into this country

08:59and it's probably better

09:01to face him earlier

09:02than to face him

09:03in six months' time?

09:04I'm not sure

09:05because

09:06as you say

09:07there is a team

09:09and the structures

09:11are really clear.

09:14I think the players

09:16the partnerships

09:18the relationship

09:19in that team

09:20are very clear

09:21and that is what

09:22he inherited

09:23that is built

09:24over the past years

09:25and still things

09:27are still the same

09:28but also

09:29I have seen

09:30some things already

09:31brought in.

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