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‘Science teacher’ – Alan Brazil questions Ten Hag’s character amid uncertain Manchester United future

Originally posted on Stretty News | By Dale O'Donnell | Last updated 4/11/24

The pressure is on Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag.

Things seem rather bleak at the moment with United failing to put up a fight for a place in the top four, currently sitting in sixth, which is likely to secure us a place in the Europa League next season.

That said, United are in the semi-finals of the FA Cup when they take on Championship outfit Coventry City.

All this does is open the door to radio stations like talkSPORT to engage in conversations about managers getting the sack. They love it because it attracts a ton of engagement from football fans online.

That’s essentially why Ally McCoist asked Alan Brazil if he thinks Ten Hag will leave United this summer. It comes after a report from The Sun suggested that the players fear the Dutch boss is now resigned to the sack at the end of the season.

Brazil went on to compare Ten Hag to a science teacher, who lacks character.

“Yeah I do,” Brazil said on talkSPORT, as quoted by TBR Football. “You’ve got to have something about you as a Manchester United manager, and I just don’t see it. He reminds me of a science teacher. I like characters, I just don’t see any character in him, I’m sorry.”

Is Potter really the answer?

In the same report in The Sun, written by Neil Custis, former Brighton and Chelsea manager Graham Potter continues to be linked with the United job. It would be madness to replace Ten Hag with such an underwhelming appointment.

It has been suggested that Sir Jim Ratcliffe has already met with Potter over the potential job at Old Trafford.

I, for one, hope United stand by Ten Hag.

This article first appeared on Stretty News and was syndicated with permission.

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