Jamie Carragher believes Erik ten Hag is walking a similar path at Man Utd to what Brendan Rodgers did at Liverpool.
“Mixed” would be an understatement to describe the Ten Hag’s reign at Old Trafford so far.
The Dutchman guided United to an EFL Cup title and third place in the Premier League during his first season in charge.
However, he could only follow that up by finishing eighth last season, although a shock FA Cup final victory over Manchester City was enough to save his job and earn him a contract extension.
But the Red Devils have made a terrible start to the new campaign, with a crushing 3-0 defeat to arch-rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford darkening the clouds; mostly thanks to the error-prone way of losing.
Carragher makes Erik ten Hag’s prediction
Speaking after Sunday’s game, Carragher made a worrying prediction that Ten Hag could go down the same path at Old Trafford as Rodgers did at Anfield, eventually ending with him being sacked and replaced by Jurgen Klopp in October 2015.
“I don’t think anything will change football-wise (at Man Utd),” Carragher said.
“I’ve seen it before at Liverpool. You go back before Klopp came in when there was talk of Brendan Rodgers losing his job after one season.
“They weren’t sure what to do, FSG (Liverpool ownership), and they kept him and Rodgers changed his staff.
“You expect something different but the manager is the main man. Rodgers left in October. Ten Hag said in his interview ‘we’ll see where we are at the end of the season.’
“In Jurgen Klopp’s third season (at Liverpool) they were in a Champions League final and you could see something was moving.
“I’d be surprised if he’s still there at the end of the season.”
