Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt and Erik ten Hag (Picture by Shaun Botterill, Eddie Keogh/Getty Photographs)
Manchester United reportedly didn’t need Matthijs de Ligt this summer time, with Erik ten Hag the driving power behind that deal.
The Netherlands worldwide joined Man Utd from Bayern Munich as a part of a significant summer time shake-up which additionally noticed Leny Yoro, Joshua Zirkzee, Manuel Ugarte and Noussair Mazraoui transfer to Outdated Trafford.
De Ligt has been a bit disappointing to this point, although, and now Mark Ogden has offered some perception into what actually went on when the membership introduced him in from Bayern.
See beneath because the ESPN journalist criticised earlier director Dan Ashworth for delivering that signing for Ten Hag, although others on the membership didn’t need him…
“The membership did not need Mathijs de Ligt!”
ESPN’s @MarkOgden_ says INEOS deserve credit score for the departure of sporting director Dan Ashworth ?? pic.twitter.com/c10HLB7cy5
— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) February 20, 2025
De Ligt is a participant Ten Hag may have identified properly from their time collectively at Ajax, nevertheless it’s additionally honest to say that his profession hadn’t gone fairly as properly since he left Amsterdam.
Matthijs de Ligt – of venture that didn’t repay for Manchester United
De Ligt initially left Ajax for Juventus, however flopped there earlier than transferring to Bayern, the place he’d maybe been a bit higher, however nonetheless not something like the extent he regarded like he may very well be when he first burst onto the scene.
United would possibly nonetheless have the ability to get the perfect out of the 25-year-old, however to this point it appears to be like like of venture that hasn’t paid off for the membership.
Having given Ten Hag a brand new contract in the summertime, it maybe is smart that Ashworth felt it was value giving the Dutch tactician gamers he particularly wished.
Nevertheless, Ogden feels Ashworth acquired this improper and it was certainly one of a lot of causes he wasn’t that suited to the director position at United.
MUFC have since sacked Ten Hag, leaving new supervisor Ruben Amorim with a squad filled with his predecessor’s struggling gamers.
