Each phrase from Erik ten Hag’s press convention | Aston Villa v Man Utd | 8 February 2024

Hello Erik, we noticed that you simply misplaced Lisandro Martinez this week. How a lot of a blow is that and is anybody else near a return this week? Maybe Mason Mount or Aaron Wan-Bissaka?
“Yeah, it’s a setback after all. Licha was simply returning. You see his contribution to the staff when he’s taking part in so he brings, aside from his technical expertise, additionally a mentality within the staff. It’s a massive setback for Licha. He’s very disenchanted, however he’s a fighter and he’ll again, he might be again stronger. We expect he’ll nonetheless be again by the top of the season. There are video games to play in order a squad we now have to exchange him. Now we have excellent gamers in that place who will play there and carry out there and as a squad we now have to take care of it. And [with regard to] the second a part of your query, Aaron Wan-Bissaka at the moment was coaching however then he dropped out, so I do not know on this second the place he’s and what’s the analysis. Hopefully he’s not too dangerous. And Mason and Ty [Malacia] should not able to return to the squad.”

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been quoted as saying he desires Outdated Trafford to be the ‘Wembley of the North’. I assume that’s music to your ears however, as a supervisor, would you welcome adjustments to the stadium even when it meant you needed to play away from Outdated Trafford whereas the work is completed?
“So if that’s his view, then I’d say it expresses the ambition of this membership, which is sweet. However additional on, it’s not my job on this membership to take care of stadium questions and services. My job is to carry out the staff, to handle the staff, to construct the squad.”