Isyaku Ibrahim
For quite a number of days since the completion of 2023/2024 football season in England, the most interesting story among sports tabloids within the country and others was who will assume the Coachip of Manchester United during upcoming season
This was as a result of the revelation made by the owners that the present Gaffer will be sacked no matter the outcome of the team ‘s final match with Manchester City in the Emirate cup
But what came as ingesting vomit Just Tuesday night was that the matter is now over
,as the new Management under Jimmy Recliffe, has decided that the team’s Gaffer, Dutchman Erik Ten Hag, should continue in his post
The assurance should not come as a surprise in view of the situation the club found itself this soccer season in which they lost fourteen matches in the league and conceded fifty eight goals and in total eighty six and beside that finished eight on the log
This did not go down well with the mission of the new hierarchy as the club finished in its worst ever position since the commencement of the competition and worst defeats and goals conceded but yet the Coach should be given an excuse
This include injuries upon injuries sustained by bulk of the team members which sometimes propelled the Coaching crew to use players from the academy and how he lifted two trophies back to back
This include Carabao cup last year and just of recent Emirate cup
A feat that none of the coaches hired after Sir Alex Ferguson have done
Delightfully winning the Emirate Cup from the hands of his next door neighbours who were on a mission of retaining their last year double after whipping United fancied every follower of the team as nobody gave them a chance
This definitely, made the new co owner British billionaire Jimmy Recliffe who is an ardent fan
of the club to change his mind on the matter hence accord the Coach another chance to prove his mettle
The Dutch who has been on holiday after the final, will receive the story in joyous mood as that was what he has been eagerly waiting for since as many Club’s including his former employees Ajax Amsterdam have been anxiously waiting fior to hear in order to make arrangement for his return
What remains as of now is to see the plan he will unveil towards incoming soccer season as he had crossed the first hurdle
While speaking on the development, club legend Paul Scholes, expressed happiness over the wise decision taken by the new leadership and hope they would back him so as to make improvements in the club with a view to making the supporters happy
As the situation before the Gaffer has now a thing of the past, what remains to be seen is how the coach will transform the club to a winning team, through shopping of new players to fill void that will be created as some will leave and the new back room staffers he will work with following the removal of the ones he worked with
Beside that the most challenging aspect was how to make the fanbase who stood by him during the trying moment happy
Arguably, some may criticize the decision in view of how the Gaffer has been quarreling with players of the team, lack of a standard team and selfishness in times of selection which is part of human nature as nobody is perfect
Thus as Sir Recliffe, has provided answer for the first question what remain to be seen is whether he will redeem his pledge of returning the club to winning ways aimed at ensuring retaining it’s name the CAPITAL OF TROPHIES
It is only time will tell as all will now fold their arms and see whether there will be much improvement from the INEOS family
Manchester’s first engagement next season will be against local rivals City in final of charity cuo
