Erik ten Hag says he does not care about speculation regarding his future as Manchester United manager. (More Football News)
A promising first season saw Carabao Cup glory followed by finishing third in the Premier League and runners-up in the FA Cup, but things have gone off track this term.
United face a fight for Champions League qualification as the campaign enters the final straight, with the stunning 4-3 FA Cup quarter-final extra-time win against rivals Liverpool breathing new life into the team.
A Wembley semi against Coventry is the reward but that result did not stop talk about Ten Hag바카라s future during the international break as ambitious Ineos consider their options.
England boss Gareth Southgate was linked to the United job but said such talk was 바카라completely disrespectful바카라, although the Dutchman appears unmoved.
바카라You know when you are working at Man United there will always be noise, rumours around the club, the manager, the players, whatever,바카라 Ten Hag said.
바카라There will always (an) issue 바카라 you like it, to talk about. Of course we have different interests, but we are not focusing on that.
바카라We are focusing on the process, we are focusing on the team to play better, to improve the way of play, so I don바카라t care about (it).바카라
Ten Hag came through intense pressure in the early stages of his time at United.
Having lost to Brighton in his first match after joining from Ajax, the Red Devils went on to suffer a chastening 4-0 away defeat to Brentford.
Ahead of returning to the Gtech Community Stadium for the first time since, Ten Hag said of the outside noise: 바카라I was trainer at Ajax. Similar.
바카라You get used to it, so we don바카라t care. Players don바카라t care, I don바카라t care. We are together in the boat and we know we have to perform and get the right results.바카라
Before the recent Liverpool win, one of the only positives in a forgettable season was the development of youngsters like Alejandro Garnacho, Rasmus Hojlund and Kobbie Mainoo.
The latter was named man of the match on his full England debut against Belgium on Tuesday, just four months after making his first Premier League start.
Ten Hag had planned Mainoo바카라s opportunity to come far sooner, only for the midfielder to sustain ankle ligament damage in July바카라s pre-season friendly against Real Madrid.
바카라It was the plan, it was the intention,바카라 the Dutchman said. 바카라We thought he was capable of adjusting very quickly to high levels, so we had to delay that moment but for him and for us it바카라s good.
바카라Later in the season he proved that he can contribute highly to our team.
바카라We are happy we have a player like him who can really contribute and make us play the way we want to play.바카라
Ten Hag is hoping Mainoo is available to face Brentford having reported sick on Thursday.
바카라(Thursday) he skipped the training because he was ill,바카라 he said.
바카라I don바카라t know (about Brentford) but of course we hope. (Friday) he is there, not fully recovered but we have still many hours I would say as we have a kick-off at 8pm.바카라
Mainoo바카라s performances have bolstered his chances of making England바카라s Euro 2024 squad but team-mate Marcus Rashford바카라s position looks more precarious.
바카라Of course he knows there is a lot of competition in his position,바카라 Ten Hag said.
바카라And of course he will have a lot of credit because he contributes so many times fantastically for England and for us.
바카라Of course, he wants to be there but also he wants to win with us. He is in a position to win a trophy and he wants to be in the Champions League.
바카라Absolutely he wants to contribute and he wants to perform.바카라
