Manchester United manager talks up top-six rivals as league season returns

Manchester United manager and his backroom staff are gearing up for the Premier League return in a  few days and have assembled the squad to intensify their preparation and build up momentum for the first game in six weeks.

The club had a week-long training camp in Spain along with a few friendlies with local clubs to develop the squad's match fitness as they await the return of their World Cup participants in the coming days and weeks for the second half of the season.

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Erik Ten Hag's men have gradually begun to showcase the quality they have in the team as they rapidly climbed up the EPL table after their game-one heavy defeat to Brentford which cause a meltdown. They even went on an unbeaten run to boost their league chances.

The team showed that they are an entirely different breed of players under the new manager as they snatched up valuable points of their top six rivals for this campaign, falling short to only their local rivals Manchester City.

WHAT DID TEN HAG HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE TOP-SIX RIVALRY?

According to reports, Erik Ten hag recently spoke about the top six rivalries in the league and how Manchester United is working on doing better as a contender. He went on to laud Newcastle's exploits in this campaign adding that they have done well with the right investments, which has brought them more value. He continued by saying that they made the environment and culture right to further help Eddi Howe succeed.