Umbrella Coach: Menu, Who Was Promoted By Ten Hag; Suggested That Tuchel Bring Maguire To Hit The Header

On May 1st, according to news from Hupu, Laurie Whitwell, a Manchester United and team reporter from The Athletic UK, conducted an exclusive interview with coach McLaren.

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Menu is one of the players who should be playing in North America this summer because he has been in excellent form since Michael Carrick returned in January. When McLaren first met the 17-year-old Menu, he was amazed by his performance.

The guy seemed to appear suddenly without warning, and Eric announced without warning that he wanted to train with us. This was entirely due to Eric's contribution.

The first day he said, "Watch him." I remember, I couldn't believe it, he never lost the ball and he was as strong as an ox. Then Eric brought him in to play and I thought, "He's great." He's exactly the kind of player Eric likes, both in terms of playmaking from the backfield and his ability to catch the ball.

Michael Lahren feels that Menu is a tandem player, but the 21-year-old player still has room for improvement.

McLaren said, "I expect him to be more dominant on the field, even when playing for the England team. He is playing cleanly now, but he has the ability to show more dominance. He aspires to become a top player, and Casemiro helps him."

McLaren, who assisted Eriksson and led England to the quarter-finals of the World Cup in 2002, is linked to leading England to the quarter-finals of the World Cup in 2006. However, he is not sure how the team led by Tuchel will perform when the World Cup is held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

It wasn't until I watched their related games a few days ago, in which they lost 0-1 against Japan and tied 1-1 against Uruguay, that I took a new look at them. However, Harry Kane did not play. This situation has a great impact on the overall situation. They have good overall strength, but what worries me is their defense.

McClaren will select two Manchester United players for the position.

I will take Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire, it has to be done, even if Maguire is a substitute. If you want him to play for 20 minutes and let him play as a forward, this is really a very powerful method, and it can be effective in the penalty area.

I heard Tuchel talking about set pieces being a crucial part of the World Cup and I thought to myself, 'Harry is definitely the first choice'.

McLaren coached Carrick when he coached England.

"He was extremely poised, extremely intelligent," McLaren said in retrospect, "and extremely personal."

Carrick is using this mentality to lead Manchester United back to the Champions League after three years.

"It's a great feeling to be interim manager," McLaren said. "You can go and say, 'These are the players I've got, what do you expect me to do? I've led them brilliantly.' Michael has proven that he can do that, and he proved that in his first season at Middlesbrough. I remember looking at them and saying, 'Well, that's good, I really like what he's doing.'"