Manchester United FC

Erik ten Hag on Aaron Wan Bissaka: “He's picking up the coaching, and he's making good progress from the start of the season until now. He was in a bad situation because he was not fit -- he had a lot of injuries, couple of illnesses in the first half until November.” #MUFC

Erik ten Hag: “I'm quite convinced of the process [at Manchester United]. I think we're [heading] in the right direction so but it also means we have to improve a lot if we want to compete in the future for the top positions because the competition will be really tough." #MUFC

Erik ten Hag: “When you have the right philosophy and strategy, many more clubs can compete for the top positions in the league.” #MUFC

Erik ten Hag: “The Premier League in this moment develops into having six or seven teams who all can finally win the league because there are so many investments.” #MUFC

Erik ten Hag on Sancho: “We have to cover so many games, but especially we need quality players, and he is definitely a quality player who can make the difference and we are expecting that from him.” #MUFC

Erik ten Hag on Arsenal: “We have a prepared team and a good plan and energy, and we will be acting [that].” #MUFC

Erik ten Hag: "He [Sancho] still has a way to go. When he makes that progress, then he can come back to the squad for games. We all hope so because he's a great footballer. He has great qualities that can help us." #MUFC

Ten Hag: "I think we have a good squad, a competing squad. As you know, Casemiro is absent, but for the rest, we have a good team who has to battle with Arsenal. We have to go head-to-head, and we are convinced we are in a good way." [MU]

Anthony Martial was absent from #mufc training on Thursday. [@hirstclass]

Ten Hag on further January signings: “I think as #mufc you always have to look for solutions. You always have to look for better and that is what we will do. We will be doing our research and if there are opportunities, we have to go for it."

Ten Hag: "We beat Arsenal last time without Casemiro. We have an idea of how to deal with that."

Ten Hag on when Jadon Sancho will return: "He is making the next step. It is true, [Tuesday] was his first day at team training but team training is the final day before the game. So we will extend that in the coming days, the coming week and go step by step."

Ten Hag on Arsenal: "There is a really good spirit in their team so we know what to do. We have to be really good. We need a really good performance. But if we do, I think we have a good chance also to get out of that performance a good result."

Ten Hag: "In the moment we played them [Arsenal], you could already see the manager and the coaching staff were already working for a long time on the team. They have even improved during the first half of the season."

Ten Hag: "In the moment we played them [Arsenal], you could already see the manager and the coaching staff were already working for a long time on the team. They have even improved during the first half of the season."

Ten Hag: "They [Arsenal] are in a great run. It is up to us to beat their run and we will do everything to do that."

Ten Hag: "It is obvious they [Arsenal] are in a really good run and I think they deserve the position where they are now. It is a really good structure, how they play. It is a really good mentality and a winning attitude in the team. That is why they are top of the list."

casemiro will miss our match against arsenal

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