Relegation ‘actually potential’ for Man Utd – Ex-coach Ten Hag

Former Manchester United coach Erik ten Hag has warned that the membership could possibly be relegated after slipping to seventeenth within the desk.

Following their 2-0 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday afternoon, Manchester United have dropped to seventeenth place within the Premier League desk, sitting simply above 18th-placed Crystal Palace on purpose distinction and solely two factors away from bottom-placed Sunderland.

Speaking to ESPN NL’s ‘Goedemorgen Eredivisie’, the previous United supervisor, who was sacked in 2024, admitted that relegation to the Championship cannot be dominated out.

“In the Premier League, it’s certainly possible, because all the teams are simply strong. They’re all strong squads, all good managers. And if you end up on the wrong side once and you really get into that vicious circle – yes, then it can become very, very difficult.”

United will host in-form Aston Villa on the eighth of November earlier than travelling to Anfield to face rivals Liverpool on the twenty second, after the worldwide break.

Speaking on the prospect of United getting relegated, Carrick mentioned, “We’ve got to keep moving forward and winning games, simple as that. There are no words that I’m going to explain to you now that make it [being in the relegation zone] any difference; it’s not going to change it.

“You can take a look at it like that [negatively] and you may take a look at how far you’ll be able to transfer up the league fairly rapidly in the event you win soccer matches,” he said. “So that is the way in which it is bought to be approached, for positive.”