Manchester United FC

Jorge Mendes is pushing for Napoli to sign Cristiano Ronaldo. (Source: @DiMarzio)

Ten Hag asked if Cristiano Ronaldo is available and fit to face Southampton: "Yes. [To] both [questions]."

🗣 Erik ten Hag: “That has to be the culture in all the club. Of course, on the pitch, that is the demand on the players but also in every department of the club.”

Ten Hag: “I think when you want to be – I know in this moment we are not the world’s top [team], that is clear – but the intention always has to be for Man United to look for better. So, good is not good enough, always go for better. That has to be the culture in all the club.”

Ten Hag: “We have many options there [midfield] now with Fred, with Scott [McTominay], Christian [Eriksen], Casemiro, Bruno [Fernandes], Donny [van de Beek], so we now have options there how we can outbalance the midfield, yeah.” #MUFC

🗣 Erik ten Hag on Marcus Rashford: “With his movements, he will always create chances, the team will create him chances and he has to believe that he and the team will do that and it’s about getting the right finish.”

🗣 Erik ten Hag on Marcus Rashford: “From the first moment in pre-season, he impressed me. I knew already before he was a magnificent talent and player, but he shows in every training session that he’s really positive, has good energy, and I hope he will continue like this.”

Ten Hag: "I was really happy they scored the two goals, because I hoped that it will give them the push that they can do the hard work and contribute in defending and pressing but also contribute to creating chances and taking chances and that is what they are really good at."

🗣 Erik ten Hag on Marcus Rashford: “I think he can play every role as you saw on Monday. It was really good to make that sub with Martial and add Rashy to the left because we know his inside runs are really dangerous and you saw it with the second goal.”

🗣 Erik ten Hag: “Pre-season, he [Martial] did really good, I was really happy with his contribution and that’s why I brought him in [against Liverpool], you can see what impact he can have on our game.”

🗣 Erik ten Hag on Casemiro: “I think he is the cement between the stones, and he can let other players play really well because he is a leader, he is really good with the strategies and he can play a ball as well, he is really intelligent, he brings a lot into the game.”

Ten Hag on getting the best out of Rashford & Sancho: “I will give my 100 per cent for that, we have to work hard. I am confident that they can do it, now they have to believe that as well and you see it when you bring it on the pitch, you can see the impact they can have.” #MUFC

Ten Hag: "I am not looking [to name a new captain] so far. We are only one game [without Maguire]."

🗣️ Erik ten Hag: "I forget because of injuries: Victor Lindelöf did really well in pre-season so I am happy that he will be back in the squad, so we will have another option. We have competition internally and that’s good and that is what top teams need."

Erik ten Hag: "We can see from game to game what we need, what can be the construction from Liverpool but also as in the second-half in Brentford we played with Varane and Maguire in the centre, so there are many options."

🗣️ Erik ten Hag: "For the team, there is competition and we need that. We have to cover so many games and we can do that in several constructions.

Ten Hag: "We have a leader group and Harry [Maguire] is one of them. Bruno is one of them. Bruno did quite well as captain. He led by example and he brings so much energy to the team in and out of possession."

🗣️ Erik ten Hag on Raphael Varane: "His profile, his stature and what he won already in the past shows he can really contribute to this team."

🗣️ Erik ten Hag on Raphael Varane: "He was fit in the first games but in the first period of pre-season he wasn’t always, so we are happy we built him in that way and you see when the team needed him he was really there."

🗣️ Erik ten Hag: "We have options [at centre-back]. His [Varane] stature is immense and in pre-season we took a decision to build him physically so he had a bit of a slow start."