‘Players need time’

A picture of the young trio sitting on an advertising hoarding together celebrating Garnacho’s first goal in last Sunday’s 3-0 victory over West Ham summed up the shift in mood at Old Trafford. “Players need time, especially young players like Rasmus and Alejandro,” United boss Ten Hag said.

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Erik ten Hag

“Also they need a team, so those two facts were not there in the first part of the season. We had to make a lot of adjustments in our way of playing, so by stages it was difficult to serve the offensive part of the team. When that happens, it can go really quickly that players are going to develop and to progress, like we have seen.

“From the start I was confident they have the potential to do what they are now doing, and now it’s about keeping moving, keeping going, be hungry.” Ahead of United’s trip to Aston Villa on Sunday, Ten Hag praised the qualities the three youngsters have brought to previously moribund United. “I think they enjoy to play together. There is adventure. They are a danger. They want to do it together and to pass to each other so that everyone can play to their qualities and everyone can score goals,” he said. 

“It’s great if they want to do it together because that is the key, then we can have a lot of pleasure from this. They are young players and the future for Manchester United is quite bright with such talent on board, but you have to develop the talent.” While Ten Hag is pleased with the emergence of Hojlund, Garnacho and Mainoo at a club that prides itself on developing young stars, he knows United will ultimately be judged on their ability to win major trophies. 

Scope for improvement

“There is a lot of space for improvement and that is necessary if you want to go to the top levels,” he said. “This club wants to achieve a lot, to win trophies, is very ambitious, so they then have to step up and bring higher levels and consistency. Also, against the best opposition they have to express the same threat, and it is about end product.”

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