{"id":16725,"date":"2023-12-27T06:52:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T03:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/16725\/man-united-boss-ten-hag-3\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T06:52:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T03:52:24","slug":"man-united-boss-ten-hag-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=16725","title":{"rendered":"Man United boss Ten Hag calls Ratcliffe investment &#8216;positive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man United boss Ten Hag calls Ratcliffe investment &#8216;positive&#8217;\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Rob Dawson, correspondent<span class=\"timestamp \">December 26, 2023, 11:57 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Erik ten Hag has described Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#39;s investment in Manchester United as a &#8220;positive&#8221; turn of events for the club, but said it had no impact on his team&#39;s players.<\/p>\n<p>Ratcliffe sporting guru Sir Dave Brailsford was in the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/stands\/\"   title=\"stands\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">stands<\/a> at Old Trafford on Tuesday as United came back from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa 3-2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was their first match since the announcement that British billionaire Ratcliffe, chairman of chemical company Ineos, had agreed to a $1.3 billion deal to buy a 25% stake and take control of all the club&#39;s <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a> affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it had an impact on the players,\u201d Ten Hag said after the match.  \u201cFor my part, I was kept informed throughout the process, so I knew what was happening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are looking to the future. I think it is positive for the club that they are stepping in. They have a lot of experience in sport at the highest level &#8211; F1, a cycling team, football clubs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They can only help and support us to achieve our goals. We look to the future. They want to work with us and we want to work with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brailsford, director of sport at Ineos, watched from the stands as Villa led 2-0 before half-time thanks to goals from John McGinn and Leander Dendoncker &#8211; both coming from set players.<\/p>\n<p>United, however, mounted an impressive second-half comeback with two goals from Alejandro Garnacho and a winner from Rasmus Hojlund, who found the net in the Premier League for the first time since his \u00a372m summer move from Atalanta.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had several discussions with him and I pointed out that you scored a lot for Denmark and you scored in the Champions League, so that demonstrated your ability. So believe in it and it will come,&#8221; said Ten Hag when asked about the attacker.  .  &#8220;He will score more. When attackers don&#39;t score, it&#39;s always a problem, but he has a strong character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has a great personality and that\u2019s what a striker needs and when you keep investing the goals will come.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man United boss Ten Hag calls Ratcliffe investment &#8216;positive&#8217;\u060c Rob Dawson, correspondentDecember 26, 2023, 11:57 p.m. Erik ten Hag has described Sir Jim Ratcliffe&#39;s investment in Manchester United as a &#8220;positive&#8221; turn of events for the club, but said it had no impact on his team&#39;s players. 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