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Manchester United manager Erik 10 Hag has dismissed Cristiano Ronaldo's latest criticism and says the extracurricular sound astir the nine does not fuss him.
Speaking to erstwhile United team-mate Rio Ferdinand connected a podcast, Ronaldo said Ten Hag had been incorrect to accidental successful a pre-season interrogation successful the manager's location state of the Netherlands that the nine were "a agelong mode away" from winning the Premier League for the archetypal clip since 2013.
Although Ronaldo went connected to accidental helium besides thought his aged nine could not triumph the championship, helium felt, arsenic manager, Ten Hag was sending retired the incorrect message.
Asked astir the seasoned forward's comments up of Saturday’s travel to Southampton, Ten Hag said Ronaldo had said the aforesaid thing.
"No, helium said this, if you work the nonfiction precise well," said Ten Hag.
"He is entitled to his opinion. It's OK. He is acold distant successful Saudi, acold distant from Manchester."
After successive defeats by Brighton and Liverpool, United caput to Southampton knowing decision volition condemn them to their worst commencement since 1986-87, erstwhile Ron Atkinson was sacked and replaced by Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ten Hag confirmed full-back Luke Shaw, who has not featured for his nine this play contempt making 3 appearances for England during Euro 2024, is inactive not available.
Striker Rasmus Hojlund volition besides miss the crippled arsenic helium continues his betterment from a hamstring wounded sustained during the summertime circuit of the United States.
New signing Manuel Ugarte is fit, though the £50.2m Uruguay midfielder lone returned from planetary work connected Thursday.
The two-week interruption since the Liverpool decision has seen Ten Hag's aboriginal wide discussed.
Many extracurricular observers are convinced the 54-year-old volition not past the full play arsenic co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe starts to marque his beingness felt.
Ten Hag, who returned location to instrumentality complaint of aged nine FC Utrecht successful a foundation crippled earlier this week, said the extracurricular "noise" does not fuss him.
"It doesn't interaction me," helium said. "I cognize wherever we are successful the process and what we person to bash and wherever we are going.
"I person said earlier we are inactive successful a modulation period. We person to integrate a batch of young players successful the squad and inactive person to woody with injuries and bring players backmost into the team.
"Before anyone thinks astir excuses, no, we person to triumph each game. I cognize that. The squad knows that. It doesn't substance who is available."
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