Erik ten Hag confirms Harry Kane failure and hits back at Man Utd fans

United were in the market to bring in a new centre forward ahead of this season and Ten Hag wanted Kane, who notched a career-best 30 Premier League goals for Tottenham last term. However, the England captain went on to sign for Bayern Munich in a deal worth around £86.4million.

"We have had some choices made with talents like Rasmus Hojlund," Ten Hag told Sky Sports. "I can see a striker who already proved it, who we wanted to sign and we couldn't get him. And then we went to Rasmus because he's a talent." "But with Hojlund, I think we had the biggest potential in the striker position last summer and we are very happy with him. But he also needs time to adapt and we are very pleased he showed his assets in scoring goals.

Ten Hag also appeared to aim a thinly-veiled dig at fans over the criticism of his players. He added: "Then you go back to the fans and the opinion makers, and they don't understand or they don't want to understand this. It is how Man United gets judged, they only see the result, but we need time.

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