Matthijs de Ligt has refuted recommendations that he solely joined Manchester United to reunite with supervisor Erik ten Hag.
The defender accomplished a transfer to the Crimson Devils through the summer season switch window, leaving Bayern Munich after a two-year spell to move to England. Proper-back Noussair Mazraoui additionally swapped the Allianz Enviornment for Previous Trafford final month.
De Ligt, and Mazraoui for that matter, each performed beneath Ten Hag at Ajax and have been a part of the facet that got here to inside seconds of reaching the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League ultimate towards all odds.
Since taking cost of United in 2022, Ten Hag has confronted criticism for a perceived reliance on signing his former Ajax gamers.
Nonetheless, De Ligt has insisted he was drawn to the prospect of becoming a member of ‘one of many greatest golf equipment on the earth’ and never simply the familiarity of his supervisor.
“I’m settled in Manchester, I take pleasure in myself,” he advised Vandaag Inside. “The boys are nice, the whole lot is dealt with completely. There’s many Dutch guys additionally within the workers.
“Erik ten Hag isn’t the one motive I joined Manchester United. We’re speaking about Manchester United right here, perhaps one of many greatest golf equipment on the earth. There’s a number of strain as a result of the followers are used to issues from the previous. It is as much as us to change into pretty much as good as attainable.”
United have made a poor begin to the 2024/25 season, taking solely three factors from their opening three Premier League fixtures.
Although they began with a late 1-0 win towards Fulham, they’ve since fallen to a last-minute purpose in a 2-1 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion and been thrashed 3-0 at house by rivals Liverpool.
