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Former Manchester United goalkeeper Nathan Bishop has recalled Erik ten Hag’s ruthless putdown after he mustered the braveness to request a brand new contract.
Bishop’s time at United
Bishop joined United in January 2020 from Southend. He put pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
He largely served as a coaching goalkeeper at United and didn’t make any senior appearances for the membership throughout his time there.
To realize expertise, Bishop went on mortgage spells, notably at Mansfield City in the course of the 2020/21 marketing campaign.
He completely departed Previous Trafford in the summertime of 2023, signing for Sunderland. Whereas at Sunderland, Bishop was loaned out to Wycombe Wanderers after which Cambridge United.
The shot-stopper signed for AFC Wimbledon in July 2025. He’s presently Wimbledon’s first-choice man between the sticks.
Talking on The One Glove’s Past The Field podcast [via Amorim’s Reds on X], Bishop revealed that there was a second at United the place he constructed up the braveness to ask for a brand new contract, however then-manager Erik ten Hag responded savagely to his request.
Bishop makes Ten Hag revelation
Bishop mentioned that he “sat on the dialog in his thoughts for a very long time” earlier than lastly approaching Ten Hag.
He defined about doubting himself initially, “Who’re you to go and knock on his door?”
“You’re not enjoying, you’re a coaching goalie, shut your mouth, signal your contract and f*** off. That’s what I believed. And in my thoughts, once you imagine one thing, you imagine it, don’t you?”
“So I used to be like I’m not gonna go see him, after which, I constructed it up, I’ve to go and see him.”
He continued, “I knock on his large door, his door is large, he opens it and he says ‘not at present‘, shuts the door.”
“I simply stood outdoors the door, like this massive beam of wooden, so what the f*** do I do now?”
Nathan Bishop describing the expertise of when he needed to knock on Erik ten Hag’s door to debate his contract scenario is totally hilarious 😭😭😭😭😭
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— (fan) 𝗔𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗺’𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘀 ✍🏼🇵🇹 (@AmorimBalll_) October 16, 2025
Ten Hag was sacked by United in October 2024 and changed by incumbent head coach Ruben Amorim.
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