Here are your Manchester United evening headlines for Monday, April 11.
Gary Neville explains Donny van de Beek theory
Former club captain Gary Neville believes prospective United manager Erik ten Hag should be on the phone to Donny van de Beek to find out what life is really like at Old Trafford. Neville made the admission during his latest Sky Sports podcast, reflecting on United's dismal 1-0 defeat to Everton on Saturday.
Anthony Gordon scored the only goal of the game to boost the Toffees' survival hopes and inflict yet another new low on United's season. Their hopes of securing a top four finish this season now hang by a very fine thread, with Tottenham Hotspur now six points clear of Ralf Rangnick's side.
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The summer cannot come quickly enough for United, in the hope that it will mark the beginning of a huge clearout and a new dawn. However, former United skipper Neville is concerned about what Ten Hag will make of the situation he could walk into. The Dutchman is the overwhelming favourite to take charge at Old Trafford ahead of next season and Ajax bosses expect him to make the move.
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Sir Alex Ferguson has been proven right about Antonio Conte
After turning to Rangnick, a man who had only been a manager for two out of the last 10 years, to salvage their season and to try and guide them to a top-four finish to secure Champions League football for next season, United now face the grim reality of missing out on Europe altogether. Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Everton was the latest reason for why United's supporters won't be rushing out to buy the season review DVD.
In a season that has featured too many embarrassing performances and disappointments to list, the defeat on Merseyside felt like a new low. Rangnick is not to blame for all of United's current woes, not by any stretch of the imagination, but he has failed to get the best out of a talented group, even though it is fair to ask if anyone else could have done any better in the circumstances.
This group of players, not for the first time, has let a United manager down; it happened under Jose Mourinho, under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and now under Rangnick. So, therefore, in that sense, it does confirm that the players are to blame for United's continued demise. But with the greatest of respect, United have failed to appoint an elite coach since sacking Mourinho in December 2018.
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