New campaign but much may remain the same for Erik ten Hag

a poor start to the new campaign will quickly repeat a refrain from 12 months ago - pressure on Ten Hag and speculation over his future.

CRUCIAL PERIOD: Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag ahead of the FA Community Shield match at Wembley Stadium. Pic: Nick Potts/PA Wire.

A NEW campaign under Erik ten Hag, the manager who likes to remind you that only Pep Guardiola has won more trophies than him over the past two seasons, has started in depressingly familiar pattern for the Dutchman and Manchester United.

As last season’s Premier League campaign limped towards an eventual eighth-placed finish, Ten Hag never missed an opportunity to blame his club’s astonishing injury list for his problems.