Good is not good enough as Erik ten Hag demands more from his Man Utd side
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has told his players “good is not good enough” as he looks to return the club to its former glory.
The Dutchman signe a two-year contract extension after guiding the club to FA Cup สมัคร UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ final glory against Manchester City at the end of last season, the second trophy of his reign.
As he gets back to work under new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe with sporting director Dan Ashworth now on board, Ten Hag has set his sights on the Premier League title and Champions League success.
Asked if there was anything different he wanted to do in an interview with MUTV, he said: “A lot because we won an FA Cup, we won a Carabao Cup, but also we have high expectations from ourselves.
“We know it doesn’t come overnight; we have to work for it. We are highly ambitious, so we have to raise our standards day by day, and improve every day.
Every time, we have to live with the line in our head — good is not good enough. We have to do better.”
United had gone six years without a major trophy before they beat Newcastle to lift the Carabao Cup in February last year, but even May’s 2-1 victory over neighbours City at Wembley, which he said showe the club can “compete with the best”, has not quenche Ten Hag’s thirst for tangible success.
The club won the last of their 13 Premier League titles — they have English champions 20 times in total — 11 years ago, while they last reache the pinnacle of European football in 2008.
Ten Hag said: “United didn’t win, for over six years, a trophy. Now we’ve won two, but we are up for more and for higher titles, like the English title and even more, like going into Europe.