After the FA Cup Final, Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City, discussed Erik ten Hag’s future with Manchester United.
The ‘exceptional’ Erik ten Hag is a managerial candidate, and Pep Guardiola has said that Manchester United must choose another.
He won the Carabao Cup in his first season at Old Trafford and the FA Cup in his second, making it two trophies in two years for the former Ajax manager, who had previously handled Bayern Munich’s reserves under Guardiola’s first team management. But he has also presided over United’s eighth-best league season in recent memory.
Even if the Dutchman’s resume would look better with a victory against Guardiola, rumors circulated on the night of the FA Cup Final that Sir Jim Ratcliffe would succeed Ten Hag as United’s football operations manager. It may be a replay of the events that unfolded in 2016 when Louis van Gaal won the FA Cup and was fired days later if he is removed from his position.
Guardiola has often emphasized the need for consistency in order to achieve success, bringing up the fact that City have gone through only two managers, one coach, and one chief executive officer since 2013. The managerial staffs of three of Europe’s most elite clubs—Bayern Munich, Juventus, and Chelsea—have already left.
With Guardiola’s contract ending in 2025, City will have him for at least one more season; however, whether Ten Hag will get another opportunity to defeat him is an open question. According to Guardiola, “They have to take a decision” after the game. Both as a person and a manager, he is exceptional. They place a high value on winning the FA Cup, just as we did last season.
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