One other former Manchester United star has blasted Erik Ten Hag, with the legendary striker giving a brutal evaluation of the aspect’s begin to the season.
The Crimson Devils cruised to a cushty 3-0 win over Southampton on Saturday to provide the league desk a barely kinder look.
The Outdated Trafford outfit have been coming off the again of haunting defeats by Brighton and at house to Liverpool which had ramped up the stress on Ten Hag.
The Dutchman solely discovered himself within the dugout initially of the marketing campaign after victory within the FA Cup remaining towards Man Metropolis in June saved his job, following a nightmare 2023-24 season which noticed the Crimson Devils end eighth on simply 60 factors.
And Dwight Yorke, who scored 66 targets in 152 matches for the membership, has expressed his frustrations on the aspect’s ongoing plight, in an interview with beIN Sports activities.
Yorke mentioned: ‘We’re 1,000,000 miles away from profitable the Premier League.
When speaking in regards to the present supervisor, this was an individual to take us ahead, and we thought after the primary season this was the man.
‘What has occurred? Sure we’ve got managed to win the FA Cup final season, however the place we’re doesn’t imply that we’re a very good group after profitable the cup. Successful a cup is nice, we’ve obtained to maintain the trophy cupboard ticking over.
‘However the place we’re as a soccer membership, the identification by way of how we play, the place we end, targets conceded, variety of targets that we’ve scored is the worst in our historical past for the reason that Premier League began in 1992.’
Ten Hag got here out combating after a convincing show at St Mary’s went some method to answering the 54-year-old’s many critics.
‘We have now to win each sport and we did at the moment,’ he mentioned Ten Hag. ‘Generally it’s important to discover a method to win.
‘Within the first minutes of the sport, we had some issues however after Andre stopped the penalty and the purpose by Matthjis de Ligt, the sport was all ours.’Yorke’s scathing remarks come after former strike accomplice Teddy Sheringham made feedback of an analogous nature throughout the worldwide break.
He mentioned: ‘Whenever you’re ending eighth within the Premier League, that’s fairly clearly not adequate for Man United. Full cease. Finish of story, for me. You’ve obtained to vary what’s occurring.
‘Whenever you take a look at the inconsistency of final season, and that has adopted on, and not using a shadow of the doubt within the first three video games of this season… you’ll be able to see there’s been no change by any means.
‘Totally different gamers, perhaps. However nonetheless no change within the philosophy and the best way Erik ten Hag desires to play. Look, I don’t need to see folks getting sacked. It’s not good to say that individuals shouldn’t be in sure positions, however he shouldn’t be there. It’s not adequate for Man United.
‘Do I feel the supervisor will likely be there on the finish of the season? No, I don’t. I feel he’ll be passed by Christmas.’
