Football players in cage

New Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag plans to "lock up" his players as part of a grand plan to rebuild the club. This does not simply mean that he will reduce the players' growing power, but it also means locking them up in a real sense. The 52-year-old Dutch coach plans to use the famous cage football.
As early as 2002, a commercial starring Manchester United's King Cantona had already introduced fans around the world to the style of cage football (The Cage). Ronaldo, Carlos, Figo, Totti and other superstars all participated in that advertisement.
The so-called cage football is to place players in a small stadium space to compete, requiring players to better utilize their skills and teamwork capabilities. Ten Hag has handed over details of his training ground requirements to Carrington's management. The British "Sun" revealed that it included a special 5-a-side artificial grass competition venue, which Ten Hag called "cage work".

Carrington has begun to build a small field surrounded by iron cages. Not only that, Ten Hag has also requested that the training ground be redrawn to create some training fields that are only half the size of a court. He also practices in Ajax’s daily training. Similar training grounds are often used.
A Manchester United insider told the Sun: "The new manager has made some technical requirements and the staff are working hard to prepare. Carrington originally had an artificial turf 5-a-side pitch, which was named the Adidas Falcon Zone. Players It can be used for recreation and competition, but Ten Hag plans to use it every day. He wants the players to feel comfortable being locked in the cage and fully adapt to the environment, so the stadium is adding cages and he hopes to have summer training camps. Get ready. The club is determined to give the manager everything he needs and Carrington is working hard to build it."

The "Daily Mail" reminded Ten Hag that not only do players need to be caged in training to improve their coordination, but the players' arrogance must also be "caged" in the locker room. Because the Manchester United dressing room is full of divisions and mistrust this season. Captain Maguire was questioned by some teammates. Some even openly challenged his starting position before the derby with Manchester City, exposing the internal battle to the British media. In the end, the team lost 1-4; some players were considered His mind is not on playing football but on social networking sites; other players have raised questions about Rangnick's training, with the German openly admitting this week that the team lacks unity. Moreover, private insiders' judgments are more serious than Rangnick said. Ten Hag must solve these problems if he has any chance of changing Manchester United.

Ten Hag is already in London, preparing to watch Manchester United's final game of the season against Crystal Palace, but he will not be able to see Cristiano Ronaldo, who is absent due to injury, in the game. However, the Dutchman made it clear that he can't wait to work with the magnificent superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

According to Ten Hag, he had a pitchside conversation with Ronaldo as early as 2019, when the Portuguese superstar was still playing for Juventus, and he praised Ajax's style. "It was an interesting conversation," recalled Ten Hag. "I remember him admiring the way we played. He was a real winner, a magnificent player and I couldn't wait to work with him."