Matthijs de Ligt has refuted options that he solely joined Manchester United to reunite with supervisor Erik ten Hag.
The defender accomplished a transfer to the Purple Devils in the course of the summer time switch window, leaving Bayern Munich after a two-year spell to go to England. Proper-back Noussair Mazraoui additionally swapped the Allianz Enviornment for Outdated Trafford final month.
De Ligt, and Mazraoui for that matter, each performed underneath Ten Hag at Ajax and had been a part of the aspect that got here to inside seconds of reaching the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League remaining 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 interested in 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 instructed 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 will not be the one cause 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 whole lot of strain as a result of the followers are used to issues from the previous. It is as much as us to turn out to be nearly as good as doable.”
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.
