Erik 10 Hag has insisted Cristiano Ronaldo is nevertheless to tell him that he wants to depart Manchester United and reiterated that the 37-12 months-aged is not for sale.
Ronaldo has a person yr left on his contract at United, getting rejoined the club a small below a calendar year back, and has made apparent to those people inside of Old Trafford of his need to go away this summer time. The participant is not on United’s pre-period tour, which starts with a match in opposition to Liverpool in Bangkok on Tuesday, for own reasons, something Ten Hag verified is really significantly the situation and that he continues to be comfortable more than a condition which has undeniably cast a shadow above the Dutchman’s preparations for his first season in demand of the 20-moments champions.
“I didn’t speak to him [Ronaldo] just after [the revelation that he wants to leave United],” claimed 10 Hag, who also verified Harry Maguire will keep on being club captain. “His absence is a personal difficulty. So he’s not with us and it is due to private problems.
“We are preparing for Cristiano Ronaldo for the [next] season and which is it and I’m looking ahead to working with him. I have browse [about his wish] but what I say is Cristiano is not for sale, he is in our ideas and we want good results jointly.
“I spoke with him in advance of this challenge arrived up, I experienced a discussion with him and I had a very good chat. That is in between Cristiano and me, what I can affirm is we experienced a genuinely great dialogue together. I experienced a actually good speak alongside one another with him.”
Maguire was the aim of considerably criticism with regards to his form and management last year, a awful one for United as they concluded outside the house of the Champions League spots and 35 factors driving champions Manchester Town. But the England centre-again, who done his very own heat-up schedule in the course of open training right here on Monday thanks to a tight hamstring, will all over again be United’s on-pitch leader when the 2022-23 marketing campaign will get underway subsequent month.
“I have to get to know all of the players – he has been captain for decades, he has obtained a great deal of achievement, so I never question this situation,” stated 10 Hag.
United arrived in the much east possessing only built just one signing so considerably this summertime – still left-back Tyrell Malacia from Feyenoord for €15m (£12.9m). The 22-yr-previous has signed a four-yr deal. “He is the profile for the present day comprehensive-again, defending fantastic, challenging to beat and in offence a really good contribution – that’s why,” 10 Hag mentioned of Malacia, who results in being United’s fourth squad member capable of taking part in left-again, along with Luke Shaw, Alex Telles, Brandon Williams and Diogo Dalot.
United are also eager on signing Christian Eriksen, Frenkie de Jong and Lisandro Martínez, but all 3 probable discounts continue on to drag on, some thing which is a source of irritation for United supporters but not for Ten Hag. “We want to add the appropriate players. We have a actually excellent squad, we are operating to acquire our way of playing and the option is there and we will strike,” he insisted. “We not only want new players, we want the correct new players, we have a superior squad, there is substantial probable, only when we discover them is there an improvement in our squad we will do.
“My to start with press meeting I said presently absolutely we are hunting players in midfield, we have a want and also an offence, we are continue to seeking for players. It’s heading to be a very long time but a time that is very abnormal due to the Globe Cup [being played before Christmas] so you want to be well prepared for this and will need additional gamers than in a usual time.”
Ten Hag refused to be drawn on the characteristics of United’s targets. “I in no way chat about gamers who are not under deal of Guy United, players from unique golf equipment,” he stated, “so I are unable to inform anything at all about this difficulty.”
10 Hag also gave his backing to Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial, equally of whom endured in particular torrid seasons final time out. “We labored [so far] for two weeks, they are fitting truly good jointly and we have to find out what is the best,” mentioned the manager. “What I know and see is they have an impression on the opponent and can damage opponents.”
