Erik ten Hag always wants to keep details related to the injuries of players in his squad private.

 

The Dutch strategist is ready to answer the press about which players can play and who will be absent, but always avoids going into details such as a specific return time or the type and severity of the injury. light weight.

He also did not want his opponent to know much information related to the injury. For example, when Scott McTominay had to miss five weeks last season, Erik ten Hag never confirmed his injury to the ankle area, because he was afraid opponents would attack that area when the player The Scots return.

 

This season too, the Dutch strategist has many players sidelined, but cases like Varane or Mason Mount have never been thoroughly explained by Ten Hag.However, according to The Athletic, part of the reason for Manchester United’s injuries at the present time is the dense competition schedule from year to year. According to statistics, in the 2022/23 season, the Red Devils played a total of 62 matches, the most among teams in the top 5 European leagues. Not to mention the players participating in the World Cup have almost no days off.

 

At the beginning of last season, Liverpool also encountered many injuries, and the reason they pointed out was that The Kop played 63 matches in the 2021/22 season.

CEO Richard Arnold once said that Manchester United’s injuries came from collision situations. However, this statement is only true for Kobbie Mainoo and Amad Diallo. Meanwhile, the remaining players on the Red Devils’ injury list all come from other causes that have not yet been announced.

 

This makes people question Manchester United’s summer tour. In just 12 days, this team had to fly from Scotland to New York. After that, they flew from the east coast to California on the west coast of the United States, then stopped at many different destinations such as Houston, Las Vegas… The total length of their flights was over 21,000km.Chelsea, Newcastle, Crystal Palace and Arsenal also came to the US to tour and they are also the leading teams in the Premier League in terms of injury list.

 

In fact, Erik ten Hag anticipated this situation and he had many interventions in Manchester United’s tour in the United States. He wants to shorten commercial tasks so that his players have more time to rest, because he is aware that they have just gone through a very stressful season. However, perhaps due to lack of luck, injuries continued to hit Old Trafford at the beginning of the season.

 

We cannot determine how the tours will affect Man United at the present time. However, now, the person responsible for solving the Red Devils’ injury problem is Gary O’Driscoll. He is highly respected in the world and used to be the chairman of the Premier League Doctors Council.