{"id":12316,"date":"2023-04-02T19:09:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T13:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=294842"},"modified":"2023-04-02T19:09:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T13:39:35","slug":"manchester-uniteds-erik-ten-hag-hints-at-wout-weghorsts-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/manchester-uniteds-erik-ten-hag-hints-at-wout-weghorsts-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United\u2019s Erik ten Hag hints at Wout Weghorst\u2019s future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"7576fae7-8980-460a-8174-d0f573aebdca\">Ten Hag has been impressed by the striker\u2019s hunger and big-match temperament. Speaking to reporters before United\u2019s trip to Newcastle, Ten Hag admitted he was considering making Weghorst\u2019s deal permanent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"5bca8d2a-c7c3-4609-94a4-6552656e58e2\">\u201cOf course, Weghorst and I think he does <span class=\"issue-underline underline text-gray-darkest font-body decoration-2 underline-offset-4 transition decoration-primary-light hover:bg-primary-lightest\" data-issueid=\"72e756f7-eafe-43c2-a5c0-2a193e7c5622\" data-testid=\"issue-underline:many\">a lot of<\/span> football elements and does them well. And he\u2019s doing an excellent job for us. He is the leader of the pressing process, starts the press, and is very proficient at backwards pressing. He is taking up positions, and his link-up play he\u2019s doing well. He is making <span class=\"issue-underline underline text-gray-darkest font-body decoration-2 underline-offset-4 transition decoration-primary-light hover:bg-primary-lightest\" data-issueid=\"9792aa39-92ca-43a1-962d-588acee143ae\" data-testid=\"issue-underline:effective\">good<\/span> movements, making space for others, so he\u2019s also <span class=\"issue-underline underline text-gray-darkest font-body decoration-2 underline-offset-4 transition decoration-primary-light hover:bg-primary-lightest\" data-issueid=\"8902dc11-62b3-4467-a8be-62356b8d5fb3\" data-testid=\"issue-underline:adept\">good<\/span> at set-plays, so he <span class=\"issue-underline underline text-gray-darkest font-body decoration-2 underline-offset-4 transition decoration-primary-light hover:bg-primary-lightest\" data-issueid=\"f29cf2e5-7f6c-4a79-ac93-14212a8c8880\" data-testid=\"issue-underline:contributes\">is contributing<\/span> to this <span class=\"issue-underline underline text-gray-darkest font-body decoration-2 underline-offset-4 transition decoration-primary-light hover:bg-primary-lightest\" data-issueid=\"e9a31a42-30ba-458e-a6ec-8ded4f390b5a\" data-testid=\"issue-underline:team.\" After\">team. \u201d think after<\/span> Christmas, we played 25 games, and we lost two, and he played almost all of the games, so he is part of the success.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Erik ten Hag drops hint over Wout Weghorst\u2019s future <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kFusY3QONM\">https:\/\/t.co\/kFusY3QONM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 utdreport (@utdreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utdreport\/status\/1642399025830699008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"2dc61868-c420-4a2b-9649-78e154c5ce0c\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The Dutch striker has been busy since moving to Old Trafford, starting 18 consecutive games but scoring just two goals in that time. Therefore, I\u2019d say Weghorst is not everyone\u2019s cup of tea. Regarding plans, Weghorst is not the most prolific, but his overall game warrants appreciation from his coaches and teammates. You could say he\u2019s willing to do much hard work, so Ten Hag may opt to keep the Netherlands international.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"e53e5691-2faa-4eb1-8846-d5c0cea35add\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since he moved to Manchester United, Weghorst has 18 consecutive games under Ten Hag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":34695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[388,218,3491],"class_list":["post-12316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-old-trafford","tag-premier-league","tag-wout-weghorst"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}