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Manchester United’s rise to the top of English football is firmly underway.
United secured their first trophy in six years last weekend and they continue to hunt for more trophies this season.
The turnaround in fortunes seemed a million miles away at the start of the campaign, with United suffering back-to-back Premier League defeats after a disastrous end to last campaign.
United boss Erik ten Hag has been instrumental in the remarkable turnaround, instilling discipline and confidence in the club.
As reported in the Daily Mirror, Ten Hag’s friend and former team-mate Hans Kraay says the United boss deserves all his success at United.
“Erik deserves this success at United. People don’t realize that he had to walk through minefields at United in his first five months,” he said.
Kraay claims Ten Hag took over a club in disarray and singled out Cristiano Ronaldo for making his job even more difficult.
“It was chaos at the club to start with, and there were the mines laid by Cristiano Ronaldo,” he said.
The Dutch broadcaster later revealed that former United boss and compatriot Louis van Gaal had warned Ten Hag to quit the United job.
You know what Van Gaal said to Ten Hag, right? “Erik, he’s a big mess at United, don’t go there.”
However, Kraay said that Ten Hag was up for the challenge and willing to face the problems at the club head-on, to get United back on top.
“Erik went to United because he saw the potential and the challenge. He didn’t mind fixing everything and he didn’t mind walking around Cristiano’s land mines.”
Ten Hag has certainly delivered in his first season at the club, who are showing no signs of slowing down with United still alive in all competitions.
United’s next task is the all-important trip to Anfield as they try to pressure Manchester City and Arsenal in the Premier League title race.
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