Manchester United's David de Gea makes honest and worrying admission about Erik ten Hag rebuild

Manchester United are keen to rival Chelsea for the signature of Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but the Red Devils will face a 'big challenge'. Erik ten Hag is keen to bolster his attacking options - especially with the uncertainty around the future of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Here are your Manchester United headlines for Monday, August 15:

Manchester United made a move for the striker after last week's embarrassing 2-1 defeat to Brighton at Old Trafford. Erik ten Hag is desperate to sign a striker having lost Edinson Cavani while speculation continues to build regarding Cristiano Ronaldo's future.Bologna refused an initial £8million offer, instead pricing Arnautovic at around £12m due to the importance the 33-year-old has in the team.

Manchester United target Antony has broken his silence on Erik ten Hag's interest in him. The Brazilian winger is one of Ten Hag's targets this summer as he looks to strengthen his squad.

Erik ten Hag reportedly made his Manchester United flops run 8.5 miles (13.8km) in training after hearing Brentford outran his players by that distance.The Dutchman's side was dismantled in every department by the Bees who ran out 4-0 winners at the Gtech Community Stadium. After the humiliation, Ten Hag ripped into his players, questioning their commitment and hunger, in comparison to their opponents.Goals from Josh Dasilva, Mathias Jensen, Ben Mee, and Bryan Mbeumo wrapped up a historic three points for Brentford before half-time.

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has reportedly cancelled the Red Devils' day off after their drubbing at the hands of Brentford.United were scheduled to have a day off on Sunday, but the Dutchman was so outraged with their performance he has said to have cancelled their day off, according to the Times. Ten Hag ordered the under-firing side to report to Carrington on Sunday for an extra training session.Brentford blew United away in a whirlwind 35 minutes that saw David de Gea pick the ball out of his net four times.

Gary Neville has been involved in yet another Twitter debate with Jamie Carragher as Manchester United were embarrassed by Brentford on Saturday evening.

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has admitted he feels sorry for Erik ten Hag and believes the Dutchman has joined the club under "false pretences".

David de Gea admitted Manchester United's players are still lacking confidence despite the appointment of Erik ten Hag, after holding his hands up for costing his side the game against Brentford.

Manchester United were lacklustre in their approach against Brentford. The Red Devils endured one of their worst displays in years with the Bees rolling the club over in a 4-0 win - but this is despite the constant noises that the side were being hammered with intense training drills in the run-up to the campaign. The Daily Mail report that United men covered 95.6km during the 90 minutes compared to 109.4km covered by Brentford.READ MORE: Erik ten Hag told to leave Man Utd after 'amateur' performance vs Brentford It was thought that Ten Hag’s whole philosophy was about intense pressing and using lots of intensity, but that’s the precise opposite of what occurred at the Community Stadium.Bruno Fernandes had even talked about how the manager likes 'everybody to run' in July.

Manchester United supporters have compared their captains past and present.The Red Devils' season got off to the worst possible start as they slumped to a defeat to Brighton at Old Trafford, in what was Erik ten Hag’s first competitive game. And they followed that up with nothing short of a humiliation at Brentford, conceding four times in the first-half in a dreadful defensive performance.The highly-anticipated debut of ‘Ten Hag Ball’ has ultimately fallen rather dour as it has been the same old on repeat with United having struggled at the back for the past few seasons.READ MORE: Premier League's most valuable XI includes one Man Utd star - and no Chelsea playersSubsequent replays from the first game of the season at Old Trafford showed that Maguire, the man to lead his side out, appeared to not know what side of the tunnel he was supposed to be.The footage, which has been doing the rounds on Twitter, shows David De Gea pointing out to Maguire that they were on the wrong side before the Englishman quickly asked Brighton to switch.The video of Keane when his side faced Wolves in 2004 then did the rounds, with the former United player marching his players out of the tunnel prematurely.A tweet with the video attached said: “The fact they all followed him without a moment’s hesitation shows true leadership - That crank Maguire would be out there on his own.

Aston Villa captain Gabby Agbonlahor said he would consider telling Erik ten Hag to “just pack up” if he was within the Manchester United hierarchy. The United chief watched, helplessly, as his United side were decimated by a four goal Brentford blitz in the first half.

Jamie Redknapp and Gary Neville had a fiery bust-up in a debate over Manchester United's biggest problems.It comes after a shock 4-0 defeat to Brentford on Saturday, fraught with individual errors and shocking mistakes. The first coming from David de Gea, who allowed Josh Dasilva's tame short to squirm underneath him.The Spaniard was at fault again when his pass out to Christian Eriksen, who received a villain's welcome at the Brentford Community Stadium, was intercepted by Mathias Jensen to score the second of the match after 18 minutes.

Read More: David de Gea howlers gift Brentford lead as Man Utd misery continues “I think I cost my team three points today,” De Gea said to Sky Sports News. “It was a poor performance from myself.

Manchester United player was awarded a zero out of 10 after their horror first half performance against Brentford - with two of the worst culprits receiving that score at full time.The Bees swarmed and then tore Erik ten Hag's side apart with a jaw-dropping four goal blitz that left the Red Devils shell-shocked. David de Gea's woeful mistake from a tame Josh Dasilva shot turned out to be a warning of things to come from United who will surely not register a worse performance this season.Mathias Jensen, Ben Mee, and Bryan Mbuemo wrapped up the points in the first half three goals in 17 minutes.

Erik ten Hag's horrific start to Premier League life continued as Manchester United were blown away by a four goal Brentford blitz.Josh Da Silva provided the first real sting when he capitalised on some sloppy passing from the United midfield and unleashed a tame effort that somehow squirmed through David De Gea’s hands and embarrassingly trundled into the back of the net. But De Gea had barely recovered from his first horror mistake when another brain freeze saw him sheepishly pass to Christian Eriksen, who turned into Mathias Jensen, giving his international compatriot a simple opportunity to finish past the Spaniard.

Erik ten Hag insists Cristiano Ronaldo has not told him he wants to leave Manchester United.

Erik ten Hag admits Manchester United are an injury away from encountering problems in midfield and attack.

These are your Manchester United evening headlines for Friday, August 12.

Manchester United play Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday evening.

Erik ten Hag is being met with resistance from the Manchester United hierarchy amid his interest in signing Hakim Ziyech from Chelsea.