It was about as close as an FA Cup-winning manager has come to a mic drop.
In a room of journalists who had spent the previous few days reporting on his bosses’ plan to replace him, a bruised, embattled but belligerent Erik ten Hag defended his record as manager of Manchester United.
“Two trophies in two years is not bad,” he said. “Three finals in two years is not bad. If they don’t want me, then I go somewhere else to win trophies because that is what I do.”
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It was a good line, worth repeating, which he did. After Ten Hag’s contract was extended and his future settled, he sat down
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