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Erik ten Hag confirms Manchester United have Harry Kane plan.
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag claims his team has a strategy to stop Harry Kane in Thursday’s Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur.
The Red Devils enter the game hot off a penalty shootout triumph over Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA Cup semi-finals, which secured a trip to Wembley in June to play neighbourhood rivals City in the final.
Victory would give Ten Hag’s United a domestic cup double in his first season at Old Trafford, as well as help to erase the terrible memories of the recent mauling by Sevilla in the Europa League quarter-finals.
Spurs were recently mauled 6-1 by Champions League qualifying opponents Newcastle at St James’ Park, while turning up an atrocious defensive effort that had to be seen to be believed.
Kane’s 24th Premier League goal of the season and 26th in all competitions provided a ray of sunshine in the North East, and he is once again being linked with a summer move away from Spurs.
We hear that Manchester United, Bayern Munich, and Paris Saint-Germain are all interested in signing Kane this summer, and Ten Hag’s statements in his pre-match news conference surely imply he is impressed with the England captain’s playing.
“It’s quite clear, his impact on the game from Spurs,” Ten Hag said of the 29-year-old ahead of United’s trip to N17. “We have a plan for that and in the home game we did very well, so for tomorrow we need a very good plan as well.
“You have to defend as a team, he’s a clever player, don’t allow him to come into the situations, he can have a big impact on the game.”
Spurs’ recent downturn, and the subsequent dismissal of interim boss Cristian Stellini, has dominated headlines in recent days, but the Dutchman went on to stress that the game still holds significant importance for United and the race for a top-four finish.
“Very. You see the table. It’s quite clear but the approach, our approach will not change,” he added. “Our approach is we want to win every game, it doesn’t matter who the opponent is.”