Happiness at United without Cristiano: "We look like a different team"

While Cristiano Ronaldo he is mercilessly crushing himself at home, only breathing illusions with just two weeks to go before the Premier League kicks off at a Manchester United who don’t want the Portuguese at the moment. The ‘red devils’ enjoy the fresh air that the arrival of Erik Ten Hag on a shaky bench at Old Trafford since Alex Ferguson left. It’s still summer, but everything is perfect at the moment with three wins and a draw this preseason -highlighting the 4-0 against Liverpool-, and one of the men of the moment, Jadon Sanchowas full of praise for the work of the Dutch coach.

“We look like a completely different team. Last year was not good and I feel like We all have something to prove for this season.” The 22-year-old winger reflected in club statements collected by the Daily Mail, a paradigm of the enthusiasm United are giving in the run-up to the Premier with three goals in the four friendlies played so far against the ‘reds’ (4-0), Success in Melbourne (1-4), Crystal palace (3-1) and Aston Villa (2-2).

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Sancho highlighted the work of Ten Hag, who this summer became Manchester’s sixth coach since Ferguson retired, not counting interim coaches after David Moyes, Louis Van Gaal, José Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick. “Training is really positive and everyone is paying attention to what Ten Hag is saying. You can see it in the games, creating more chances, keeping the ball better and doing good things with the style we play. We are getting better.” highlighted the young English international, only 22 years.

Despite his youth, in a display of maturity, the winger made a kind of cruel act of repentance by putting himself in the shoes of the ‘red devil’ fans: “We don’t want to play like last year and disturb the fans.. Some came to the field for a long time to see us not play,” Jadon Sancho’s warning. Since 2017 -when United lifted the Carabao Cup and the Europa League with ‘Mou’-, Old Trafford has had to take refuge in its tradition as a solace for its dark present, no titles in the last five years and in the aggravating circumstance in the next course of not playing the Champions.

Manchester United Pre-Season

Results and scorers

Male U 4-0 Liverpool (Sancho, Fred, Martia, and Pellistri)

Victory in Melbourne 1-4 Male U (McTominay, Martial, Rashford and Lupancu)

Male U 3-1 Crystal Palace (Martial, Rashford, Sancho)

Male U 2-2 Aston Villa (Sancho and Cash)

In Manchester, debuting at August 7th in his temple against Brighton, he still has two more pre-season friendlies left and against the Spanish team: he will face Athletic at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo next Saturday, the 30th (1:45 pm) and at Rayo Vallecano next Sunday, the 31st, at Old Trafford (5:00 pm), in the final rehearsal. Aside from the buried Christian case, another unknown is the possible arrival of Frenkie De Jong.

So far, there have been three signings by United, who paid 57 million to Ajax for Lisandro Martinez (middle) and 15 in Feyenoord for Tyrell Macia (left side), while Christian Eriksen, having forgotten his heart problems, he arrived for free from Brentford. He has also returned from his loan at Sevilla Anthony Martial one of the most pleasant news so far this summer with his three goals.

In the chapter of casualties, there were several marches: Andreas Pereira (Fulham), Jesse Lingard (Nottingham Forest), Nemanja Matic (Roma), asked Paul Pogba (Juventus) and Edinson Cavani and Juan Mata, At the moment no team, in addition to goalkeeper Lee Grant, retired. The fascinating football with which, above all, he captivated Europe with Ajax in 2019 -the ‘ajacied’ were semifinalists in a Champions League remembered for their 1-4 at the Bernabéu-, is currently exciting at United.