Ten Hag's Manchester United tenure: the main subplots

Erik ten Hag won two trophies but faced a Ronaldo exit saga, heavy defeats to the Big 6 and European struggles

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00:00He's got some major surgery to repair there, there's some work that he needs to get done.

00:09I don't see it as a risk. I think this club has a great history.

00:21And now, let's make a future.

00:31It's about winning trophies. I don't talk only about this.

00:34At the end of the day, it's about winning trophies.

00:36We want to go for trophies.

00:38Winning trophies.

00:39I inherited a history from six years.

00:43No trophies. I'm quite confident again.

00:46It's about winning trophies.

00:49We will have a big chance to lift another trophy.

00:51It's very important in football to win trophies.

00:55Two trophies in two years is not bad.

00:58He won two trophies over here. He keeps mentioning he's won three trophies.

01:02I said it again, two trophies in the last two seasons.

01:05He has, so I think that's insignificant.

01:09Does Cristiano Ronaldo fit into that project?

01:11Of course.

01:12The coach, they say they cannot compete to win the league and the Champions League.

01:18You cannot say that you're not going to fight to win the league or the Champions League.

01:22And the team is always more important than every individual.

01:28They play, in this moment, really fantastic football.

01:31Both Liverpool and Man City.

01:33But you will always see an era that can come to an end.

01:46In possession, not brave enough.

01:48Make technical skills mistakes.

01:52Decision mistakes.

01:54And then you get hammered.

01:56The result is quite obvious.

01:58It's unprofessional.

02:00You have to stick together.

02:01And that is what we didn't do.

02:02And it was a surprise for me.

02:08How close are you to getting them back to that elite level?

02:11We are confident.

02:12We are confident we are capable to do this.

02:15To win games, and in the Premier League, and in Europe.

02:19I knew on the forehand, this is the most difficult thing I could ever do in life.

02:25An era that can come to an end.