Erik ten Hag has told Manchester United that winning silverware is the best feeling in football and that it is time they ended their six-year trophy drought. United face Nottingham Forest in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final tonight
with Ten Hag determined the club win a major honour for the first time since the 2017 Europa League.
Since then, United have lost two finals and four semi-finals while Ten Hag won six trophies with Ajax and now he sees the Carabao Cup as a potential springboard for further success.
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