Erik ten Hag has insisted he expects Sir Alex Ferguson to stay an energetic a part of life at Manchester United regardless of the termination of his ambassadorial contract.
Since his retirement in 2013, Ferguson had been receiving an annual wage of £2.16m for his position as a membership ambassador, however INEOS and new controlling proprietor Sir Jim Ratcliffe lately terminated that settlement in a bid to chop prices.
The choice has confronted loads of criticism, significantly from a few of Ferguson’s former gamers, however Ten Hag nonetheless expects to have the ability to flip to the legendary Scot for recommendation,
“After all it has an impression on us,” Ten Hag mentioned of the redundancies of round 250 non-playing workers. “Sir Alex, in fact, is Man Utd, he constructed United to the place the membership it’s now, and it impacts us.
“However on the opposite facet, we all know and Sir Alex is aware of, that’s what he needs. He needs to see a successful Manchester United and I;m positive he is all the time out there for each recommendation and we are going to want him, undoubtedly, within the short-term, as we did within the final two-and-a-half years I’m right here.”
Ten Hag went on to admit that United are in a battle to try to match the requirements set by Ferguson throughout his time on the helm.
“For the time being, we will not mach the requirements he set, however nonetheless we’ve got received trophies,” Ten Hag careworn. “Bear in mind, six years earlier than, this membership did not win trophies, so we’re coming again, we’re returning, however clearly we aren’t there, however what’s essential is that we want all of the processes proper and that we will assemble a workforce that we will line up one of the best gamers.
“I do not suppose by way of what number of years you want, I wish to win each sport and I wish to make each season a hit, with trophies and with titles.
“I take into consideration this and the way I’ve to win each sport and we, as a workforce, need to match the requirements to win each sport and then you definitely get there, to the place you need to be. These are the expectations that Sir Alex set for this membership.
“One factor for positive is that there’s virtually no membership on this planet the place expectations are as excessive as at Man Utd and that’s set from the period of Sir Alex and the remainder of us who come after need to cope with this.
“However that is good, that is why you wish to be right here. It is a massive problem, nevertheless it additionally calls for the very best requirements in each course of and clearly we aren’t there in each course of. We did not get, to date, to problem for the Premier League or Champions League titles, however that is the ambition, in fact, and that is what the expectations are, however nonetheless we managed to win some trophies.”