{"id":1341517,"date":"2024-02-14T19:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T19:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1341517"},"modified":"2024-02-15T16:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:03:29","slug":"anthony-elanga-erik-ten-hag-man-utd","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/anthony-elanga-erik-ten-hag-man-utd\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He wasn&#8217;t the reason&#8217; &#8211; Anthony Elanga response to claims Erik ten Hag forced his Man Utd exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Anthony Elanga dismissed the idea Erik ten Hag forced him to leave Manchester United.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old Swedish forward ended a near-decade association with the Red Devils when he joined Nottingham Forest last summer.<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [sky-bet-b10-get-40-acca] does not exist -->\n<p>Having come through United&#8217;s esteemed academy, Elanga would make 55 appearances for the club, netting four goals and creating four more.<\/p>\n<p>However, competition for places saw the Hyllie-born forward left for pastures new, but reports suggesting a falling out with Man Utd head coach Ten Hag is way off the mark.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Was Ten Hag the reason I left United? No, I wouldn&#8217;t say that. I just wanted to play; that was especially important to me. I&#8217;m young and I don&#8217;t want to sit on the bench all season, you know? When you&#8217;re young you want to play, you want to make mistakes, you want to take risks. But he wasn&#8217;t the reason for my leaving. There I mainly focused on myself, not on others,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course I also saw what he did at Ajax,&#8221; Elanga added. &#8220;But when you come to England, everything is different. He has improved several players, for example, Ryan Gravenberch, who now plays for Liverpool. But I just wanted to take my chance and go somewhere else. And that was a good decision because I am enjoying myself at Forest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a privilege to sign for this historic football club! I\u2019m honestly so happy and excited to be here, I haven\u2019t stopped smiling! Thank you for the amazing welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFFC<\/a> \u2764\ufe0f<br \/>Thankyou God ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zml3EpAqaZ\">pic.twitter.com\/zml3EpAqaZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anthony Elanga (@AnthonyElanga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnthonyElanga\/status\/1683828722112028672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Elanga ultimately played 26 matches under Ten Hag, accumulating 732 minutes, but would only start in seven, never completing the full game once.<\/p>\n<p>His move to Forest has been reinvigorating, with Elanga surpassing his Man Utd total (five goals), having played thirty games fewer.<\/p>\n<p>Elanga&#8217;s performances in this season&#8217;s Premier League have been eye-catching. The current Sweden international was on the scoresheet in their recent 2-3 loss against Newcastle United at home.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, each of Elanga&#8217;s last three Premier League goals has come at home after his first five in the competition all came on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he&#8217;s provided more assists (six) than any Manchester United player has in the Premier League this season (five &#8211; Bruno Fernandes) and twice as many as anyone else.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"><strong>Latest football news<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football betting tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best betting sites<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/best-free-bet-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best free bet offers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/accumulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football accumulator tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Elanga dismissed the idea Erik ten Hag forced him to leave Manchester United. 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