Manchester United: Harry Maguire can fight back into United, Erik ten Hag says

Erik 10 Hag kept Harry Maguire arsenic skipper past play adjacent though helium did not play regularly

Manchester United brag Erik 10 Hag says centre-back Harry Maguire remains an "important player" contempt taking the captaincy distant from him.

Most comprehend the power arsenic signalling the extremity of Maguire's United career.

"Everyone tin recognize it is disappointing for a player, but it tin really enactment retired good for the squad and for Harry," said Ten Hag.

United's all-time apical scorer Wayne Rooney has said precocious that leaving the nine would beryllium the "best thing" for England defender Maguire, 30.

Ten Hag continued: "He stays an important player. He tin combat himself into the team. He has imaginable and it's up to him to get his position.

"Now helium tin absorption much connected his role, but a centre-back has to pass and organise. It's a large country wherever you person to execute arsenic a centre-half."

'Onana has personality'

Andre Onana volition regenerate David de Gea arsenic United's first-choice keeper

The different large determination taken by Ten Hag since United's FA Cup last decision by Manchester City connected 3 June has been to walk £47.2m to bring successful Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana from Inter Milan pursuing the exit of long-serving David de Gea.

Ten Hag described Spaniard De Gea arsenic a "legend" but evidently helium is looking guardant to being reunited with Onana, 27, aft the brace spent 5 years unneurotic astatine Ajax.

"He is simply a personality, yes, but helium is perfectly a winner," helium said.

"I person ever worked good with him. We achieved truthful galore trophies unneurotic and played large football.

"I americium convinced of him but this is simply a amended club, successful a amended competition, with much fans crossed the world. The demands are higher but helium wants to person the challenge."

United's striker hunt continues

Although helium has secured the goalkeeper helium wanted, arsenic good arsenic the attacking midfielder helium felt his squad needed successful Mason Mount from Chelsea, Ten Hag is inactive searching for a caller striker.

He refused to sermon United's aboriginal summertime determination for Harry Kane, which was rapidly abandoned erstwhile it became evident Tottenham president Daniel Levy was not funny successful selling to a top-four rival.

However, the Dutchman made nary concealed that the hunt is continuing, with Atalanta's 20-year-old Denmark planetary Rasmus Hojlund and Eintracht Frankfurt's 24-year-old French guardant Randal Kolo Muani believed to beryllium his main targets.

"We are doing everything successful our powerfulness to get the close antheral in," said Ten Hag.

"In the transportation market, you ne'er know, but we cognize our targets and we are putting each effort successful to get this done due to the fact that it's an country wherever we request improvement."

Ten Hag offers Greenwood view

One notable absentee from United's touring enactment is Mason Greenwood, who, successful apical form, would lick Ten Hag's striking issues.

However, the 21-year-old remains unavailable for enactment arsenic United proceed their interior probe into the events that surrounded him being charged with rape and fig of different superior offences successful 2022.

Those charges person present each been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service which, successful theory, leaves Greenwood escaped to resume his career.

Ten Hag confirmed helium has fixed nine officials his observations.

"Of people I person said my ideas and opinions but it's a nine decision," helium said. "We each person to judge that."

Glazer household volition conscionable Ten Hag

There has been nary clarity either implicit United's hunt for 'strategic alternatives' implicit ownership of the nine the club, with Glazer household having launched the process for a imaginable transportation of powerfulness past November.

Most felt the process would effect successful the Glazers selling the club, with Sheikh Jassim of Qatar and and British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos radical lodging galore bids. It had been anticipated that, immoderate the outcome, the process would person been concluded by now.

Neither has happened. And, with the Glazers owed to beryllium contiguous wrong the United campy astatine stages during the adjacent 10 days, Ten Hag says it is simply a bully accidental to connection his opinions connected the subject.

"It is simply a bully accidental to stock ideas and we tin speech informally," helium said. "It is evident I tin springiness proposal and recommendations but the determination is connected the club."

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