Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has offered a warning to Everton’s Premier League survival rivals Leeds United after sacking Jesse Marsch. The American was given his marching orders on Monday following their defeat to Nottingham Forest, leaving them outside the drop zone on goal difference. Leeds are on the hunt for the former RB Leipzig’s successor ahead of their showdown with Everton in mid-February. Sean Dyche’s tenure at Goodison Park got off to a flying start when James Tarkowski’s header ended the Blues’ winless run.
Erik Ten Hag said: “It’s always sad if a manager, a colleague, gets sacked. In general I don’t believe in it, that you sack a manager and get better results. Most of the time it doesn’t work. Let the manager finish their work and make a good evaluation.”
Dyche replaced Frank Lampard at the end of January and although the former Ajax manager believes that the Whites’ decision might not ‘work out well’, Everton seem to have started on the right track.
Erik Ten Hag added: “But obviously the pressure is high with decision-makers at football clubs and they turn. But if you see the facts, most of the time it doesn’t work out well. Against Villa, the difference when Emery came in was they had a week to prepare, and now they [Leeds] don’t have so much time to prepare.”
