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Manchester United have confirmed the appointments of Mitchell van der Gaag and Steve McClaren as part of Erik ten Hag's new-look backroom staff.

They have to be unified, to form a team, and to battle the opponent," he said. I expect them to fight and give 100 per cent," Ten Hag told MUTV on Monday. This season the 61-year-old had been working as an advisor to Wayne Rooney at Derby County.

'You will always see an era come to an end,' the new manager said after a season in which United finished in sixth place with a record low of 58 points.

I will speak with the players at the end of June and in the first week of July,” he said. “We [he and his staff] at every club think about: ‘What is in the spirit of the club?’ That is what we want to know, but also that is why they appoint me as manager. “I have a good feeling from the meetings, we have a plan, and now it’s about getting the plan done, to get it into a process, to cooperate, to be consistent in our plan and when we have good people around, with the right connection and the right commitment and we will achieve the success we want.” Asked about this Ten Hag said: “I have heard that but I will draw my own line. Ten Hag did concede that he will have to hit the ground running. He will also wait until the first of his players return on 27 June to meet them for the first time. We have a strategy, a concept, and we will work on that. First of all we will roll it out to the staff, then the players, and then you will see,” he said. I think if we improve, if we can work with them, we can get more out of them than this season,” he said. “First of all, we want to make the fans proud. If we can’t play fantastic football, we still have to win.” Despite the low finish Ten Hag suggested the group he takes charge of remains one that can challenge.

Ralf Rangnick 'tore into' Eric Bailly in front of his Manchester United teammates, report The Athletic, after returning late to the club.

The decision to extend Bailly’s deal a year ago looks like a clear error. The Bailly situation is hardly likely to have helped Rangnick’s cause either. Manchester United’s defence has been awful this season, conceding 58 league goals.

A hard-working, unified team playing attacking and entertaining soccer - Erik ten Hag has set out his vision for Manchester United after being unveiled.

“It has to be about attacking football. If we can’t play fantastic football, we still have to win.” “Also we are playing in the ‘Theatre of Dreams’ – we want to entertain.

Erik ten Hag has refused to be drawn on Ralf Rangnick's future at Manchester United, insisting his predecessor's new role at Old Trafford is “for the club”.

Laurie Whitwell Laurie Whitwell When asked whether Maguire would retain the club captaincy after a testing campaign, he said: “I have to repeat, next season is a different season.

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Since 2011, he has taken charge of just 88 games, in two separate spells at RB Leipzig. I am the one who is most disappointed about that and frustrated about that.” He can tell the Dutchman who he should now trust. Rangnick has long been lauded as a coaching guru, but was also unable to impose any discernible structure on his players. “We just realised that it was difficult,” Rangnick has said about pressing. It was the first time anyone could remember these loyal fans turning on the players like this.

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I learned something really important since I came to the club and that is @ManUtd always bounce back.” I learned something really important since I came to the club and that is— Bruno Fernandes (@B_Fernandes8) @ManUtdalways bounce back 💪🏼 May 23, 2022 “Season over and none of our goals was accomplished.

Our new boss talked about Donny van de Beek, Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire in his press conference.

"He's a great player, he's achieved already a lot really also [with his] contribution to Manchester United. So I'm looking forward to working with him." When asked what last term's leading scorer can bring, the boss laughed: "Ronaldo? Goals!" He then stressed he would go over his plans with the Portugal international soon. "I really had a good relationship with him and, of course, I'm looking forward to meeting him again on the pitch."

Manchester United's route to success starts with building “a team that really deserves the name 'team'”, says interim manager Ralf Rangnick.

This is important: that we build a team that really deserves the name 'team'. Even in hard times, they stick together, they play together, they fight back they bounce back. “This [at United] is a different level of quality that we need, compared to what we had in the last years at Leipzig. They won the Cup [DFB Pokal] yesterday and they were 1-0 down and they could only do it as a team. That happens and you have a completely different level of motivation and energy.”

Failure across the board and new lows in terms of goals conceded, losing sequences and points tally. How did Man United get like this?

Rangnick also set alarm bells ringing within the club when he was warned that managing United would lead to unprecedented scrutiny of his results and decision-making in the media and among supporters. There was also a suspicion within the club that many of the leaks coming from the dressing room were from three specific camps, with one in particular identified as being a persistent problem. There's a real mood now that the guy in charge has an idea of what he wants to do and how he will execute it. Harry Maguire had a bad night at Anfield, but Rangnick made the easy decision to substitute Jones at half-time because he didn't have the bottle to take Maguire off." He was overlooked and soon hired by Tottenham, who ended the season qualifying for the Champions League, 13 points ahead of United in the table. The 24-year-old ended the season with five goals in 32 appearances and has lost his England place, though he alone was not responsible for United's poor form. So in came Rangnick while United embarked on a "thorough" process to identify a long-term appointment. The England forward, who delayed surgery on an injured shoulder until August (a month after playing in the Euro 2020 final), did not return to first-team action until mid-October and went on to endure his worst season for the club. But while the team were heading for a sixth-placed finish in the Premier League and a spot in next season's Europa League, one player's representative was more concerned with how often Ronaldo was used to promote the club's sponsors. It was a season that saw the team led by three managers -- Solskjaer, Michael Carrick and Rangnick -- and one in which humiliation lurked around every corner. Sources have told ESPN that the rot set in under Solskjaer, who was regarded as indecisive, weak and lacking tactical acumen. When Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United last August, 12 years after leaving for Real Madrid, the team were unbeaten in the Premier League and harbouring hopes of challenging for the title.

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Sent out early for the second half by Rangnick, powering down the touchline with the face of a man looking forward to all this being someone else’s problem, United stepped up their efforts a tad. Almost immediately, United’s midfield and defence offered little resistance as Zaha surged into the box and forced a save from David De Gea, who soon after had to do the same to stop Jeffrey Schlupp. It took a burst from Zaha to focus the home fans on the action, his pass narrowly failing to reach Odsonne Eduoard. Cristiano Ronaldo had not traveled to south London, and the given explanation of a recurring hip problem did little to quell discussion over where his future may lie. Manchester United’s worst season in 30 years of the Premier League ended with a typical whimper. After a season concluded with a goal difference of zero and some excruciatingly poor performances, Selhurst Park a case in point, playing any form of European football next season feels a like wholly undeserved bonus.

McClaren is returning to Old Trafford to work under new manager Erik ten Hag. He and Mitchell van der Gaag have been confirmed as assistant coaches in Ten Hag's ...

"It was so detailed. McClaren then held the position of Middlesbrough manager for five years and led them to their first ever major trophy - the EFL Cup in 2004. Former England manager McClaren joined United in early 1999 and served as assistant manager to Sir Alex Ferguson until leaving to become Middlesbrough boss in 2001.

But nine months on, United have just completed their worst season in Premier League history, finishing sixth with 58 points, 35 behind league-winning City.

Rangnick also set alarm bells ringing within the club when he was warned that managing United would lead to unprecedented scrutiny of his results and decision-making in the media and among supporters. There was also a suspicion within the club that many of the leaks coming from the dressing room were from three specific camps, with one in particular identified as being a persistent problem. There's a real mood now that the guy in charge has an idea of what he wants to do and how he will execute it. Harry Maguire had a bad night at Anfield, but Rangnick made the easy decision to substitute Jones at half-time because he didn't have the bottle to take Maguire off." He was overlooked and soon hired by Tottenham, who ended the season qualifying for the Champions League, 13 points ahead of United in the table. The 24-year-old ended the season with five goals in 32 appearances and has lost his England place, though he alone was not responsible for United's poor form. So in came Rangnick while United embarked on a "thorough" process to identify a long-term appointment. The England forward, who delayed surgery on an injured shoulder until August (a month after playing in the Euro 2020 final), did not return to first-team action until mid-October and went on to endure his worst season for the club. But while the team were heading for a sixth-placed finish in the Premier League and a spot in next season's Europa League, one player's representative was more concerned with how often Ronaldo was used to promote the club's sponsors. It was a season that saw the team led by three managers -- Solskjaer, Michael Carrick and Rangnick -- and one in which humiliation lurked around every corner. Sources have told ESPN that the rot set in under Solskjaer, who was regarded as indecisive, weak and lacking tactical acumen. When Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United last August, 12 years after leaving for Real Madrid, the team were unbeaten in the Premier League and harbouring hopes of challenging for the title.

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It's time to move on and the bar has been set staggeringly low for Erik ten Hag. Rangnick, meanwhile, remained a withdrawn figure offering little in the way of warmth or communication. Rangnick's greatest benefit to United may turn out to be what he said rather than anything he did. Heck, he didn't even know the Dutchman was at Selhurst Park to witness United's final indignity. A man who had as little influence over what happens next at United as he did over United's worst Premier League season on record. 'That's on the club,' he said.

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Under the interim manager, after picking a few wins, the form once again tapered down. Following a poor run of games, the club sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and appointed Ralf Rangnick as an interim manager. The signing of Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho, and Raphael Varane raised the fans’ hopes.

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During the press conference to unveil the Dutchman as the club's new manager, he was asked if he followed the Reds' exploits during his youth.

"Seriously. "No, the reason [for coming here], is, although it is a fantastic history, the reason is there is a high potential for the future," he declared. "I have been in Manchester but this is the first time I've been in Old Trafford and I'm impressed," he admitted.

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Yet if Ten Hag thinks United were ever truly the second best team in England recently, he’s in for an even bigger surprise than first imagined. Not the gulf to Manchester City. As a result, Manchester City won the league by 12 points, and United came second. Liverpool got a clutch of injuries in one, important, position and played some of the season with their best central midfielders at centre half. Yet it wasn’t untapped potential that propelled United to second place in 2020-21. Erik ten Hag arrived with the air of a man who did not suffer fools.

Erik ten Hag faced the media for the first time as Manchester United manager. Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Maguire and Ralf Rangnick were all on the agenda.

That alone will feel like music to the ears of United fans, who will be praying Ten Hag is right. “In this moment I admire them both,” he said, having coached Bayern Munich’s second string during Guardiola’s time in Bavaria. “In this moment, both Liverpool and Manchester City play fantastic football. The season before this squad was second in the league so they have huge potential.” “Next season is a different season but I think he did a great job. It seems Ten Hag will, at least initially, focus on that side of the equation. Now 37, some critics have pointed to the Portugal great’s lack of work off the ball at times having a negative impact upon United’s team structure.

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We have a plan and now it's about getting the plan done." I cannot wait for the first match and the stands are full. "I have been to Manchester before but this is the first time at Old Trafford. I'm impressed. "I don't see this as a risk. Liverpool and Manchester City play fantastic football, but you will always see an era can come to an end. "In this moment I admire them both.