Ten Hag hails 'glorious' Eriksen and 'champion' Martinez
A "glorious" Christian Eriksen and "champion" Lisandro Martinez will carry inventive pizazz and battling soul to Manchester United, chief Erik ten Hag expressed Tuesday as his new-look crew begins coming to fruition.
The pair join Feyenoord left-back Tyrell Malacia as the Dutchman's three key signings such a long ways as he hopes to infuse new life into the Old Trafford group after their sad mission last season.
Joined together, who last won significant flatware in 2017, completed 6th in the Premier League with their bottommost extremes absolute since the association was sent off in 1992.
Danish midfielder Eriksen was endorsed as a free specialist on Friday subsequent to leaving Brentford with Argentine protector Martinez joining the club from Ajax two days after the fact.
Ten Hag said the experience of Eriksen, 30, would be crucial and his imagination a shelter for the cutting edge, possibly led by Cristiano Ronaldo, albeit the whiz striker's future with United stays muddled.
"I think he (Eriksen) is a glorious football player and I figure the fans will appreciate watching him, since he's imaginative, he has thoughts," the director said on the club site from Melbourne, where they are on a pre-season visit.
"I figure particularly our strikers will likewise be blissful on the grounds that he's the person who can include them in the game.
"He's an accomplished player. He plays in nations abroad, in Italy, in Holland, quite a while in England, so he knows the Premier League. It's an outright benefit that we have him in."
Previous Tottenham star Eriksen's change to the Red Devils finishes a fantastic return after his brush with death last year.
Eriksen experienced a heart failure on the contribute Copenhagen while playing for Denmark at the European Championship and had to pass on Inter Milan subsequent to recuperating because of Serie A wellbeing guidelines.
Fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, he demonstrated his structure and wellness during a credit spell at Brentford in the final part of last season.
'Battling SPIRIT'
Martinez, 24, joined from Ten Hag's old club Ajax, dependent upon a clinical, player terms and UK visa prerequisites, with the chief saying he was unable to be more joyful.
Ajax affirmed United will pay an underlying 57 million euros ($57 million, £48 million) with a further 10 million euros in execution related rewards.
"He's a champion and I figure the fans will respect him. He has a disposition, battling soul," he said.
"He carries forcefulness to the game, positively. I think we really want that. Yet additionally, he's skilful and he can manage the ball and he's left-footed."
Ten Hag said he accepted Martinez had the right person to acclimate to Premier League football and knew all about his techniques given their time together at Ajax.
"I think the Premier League is focused energy, bunches of difficulties. We really want such players (with battling soul)," he said. "Certain thoughts, he knows them. That is a benefit, obviously."
While Malacia is on the pre-season visit to Thailand and Australia, which has seen United beat Liverpool 4-0 in Bangkok and Melbourne Victory 4-1, Ten Hag affirmed neither Martinez nor Eriksen would join the crew for their last two games in Australia against Crystal Palace and Aston Villa.
"Sadly we can't have them here on the visit, in light of the fact that right now they show up here we will fly back," he said.
"We can hardly hold back to include them in our crew and the fans additionally can hardly pause."
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