Manchester United has been struggling since last season under Erik ten Hag. The Red Devils finished 8th in the league table last season. In the earlier stages of the 2024/25 season, they had a poor start despite doing good work in the summer transfer window. The most successful Premier League team is placed 14th in the league table with just three wins in 9 games.
After the horrifying start to the new campaign, United let go of their manager ten Hag. The INEOS management decided to part ways with the Dutch coach after the club’s dismal performance. After their coach was sacked the team’s assistant coach and legendary footballer Ruud van Nistelrooy took over the charges. He smashed past Leicester City in the EFL Cup match in his first game in charge. United won the game 5-2 against the Foxes.
Two days after Ten Hag’s departure, United demonstrated the cutting edge that had frequently been absent under the Dutchman, with Brazil midfielder Casemiro scoring two of the team’s first-half goals, one a curling strike into the top corner from 30 meters. In that initial hurry of goals, Alejandro Garnacho and Bruno Fernandes each scored. With Fernandes adding a fifth in the 59th minute.
Ruud Van Nistelrooy revitalized United in one match
Ruud van Nistelrooy, Manchester United’s former star scorer, took over as manager after serving as Ten Hag’s assistant, and he may have played his final game in command. United appears to be close to replacing Ten Hag with Ruben Amorim, the coach of Sporting Lisbon. The Portuguese manager has been in fine form in the domestic league and was on the radar of FC Barcelona and Liverpool in the summer window.
The INEOS will be looking for the change as quickly as possible with the season already on. Manchester United, are the Premier League’s third-lowest scorers. They discovered a fruitful streak under him. After Van Nistelrooy headed down the tunnel at halftime to be serenaded by the Stretford End, it was like going back in time. The choruses of his name and the guttural growls of “Ruud” may have brought them back to 2003.
