Published: 19:34, 16 October 2025 | Updated: 19:34, 16 October 2025

Erik ten Hag apparently had two brutal words for a young Manchester United hopeful who was sweating over a new deal. 

Nathan Bishop says the Dutchman slammed the door in his face when he went knocking about a contract renewal - but only after his savage verbal blow. 

The goalkeeper joined the club from Southend United aged 20 in 2020 but made no first-team appearances, left for Sunderland in 2023, and now plays for AFC Wimbledon. 

He told The One Glove’s Beyond The Box podcast: 'I built this scenario up. I needed to go up to Erik and speak about a new contract or the contract that had been offered. 

'I wanted to go and play, leave and experience new things, maybe not sign a contract.

'I'd sat on this conversation in my mind for a long time. I'd gone over it and over it and over it and over it.  

Nathan Bishop describing the experience of when he had to knock on Erik ten Hag’s door to...