Erik Ten Hag (52 years old) would be very close to becoming the new manager of Manchester United. This is how the program has advanced Sky Sports, CaughtOffsidewhich reports that the Ajax manager is the favorite and could be announced by the Red Devils team in the coming weeks.
“It’s a matter of time,” says the same information, which places Mauricio Pochettino behind in the process. This, despite the fact that in the Old Trafford dressing room there are many followers of the Argentine coach, still at PSG. According to him Daily Mailthat same group of players would be disappointed with the arrival of Ten Hag, who will arrive in exchange for financial compensation of around two million euros for the Dutch team.
The directors of United have opted for Ten Hag, who after Louis van Gaal, he would be the second Dutch manager in the club’s history. A team that has taken advantage of the month of March to interview the candidates for the bench, among which the Ajax coach stood out.
Ten Hag will have to deal with a divided locker room, which last Saturday lost two more points at home. The Champions League is getting further and further away for United, who, hand in hand with their future coach, hope to build a new, more solid sports project that guarantees results in the medium and long term.
Ralf Rangnick, the interim coach, spoke precisely about this, sending a message to the entity’s leaders. “Manchester City and Liverpool have been training, recruiting, over a period of five or six years.. All this under the premise of his coaches, of how they want to play, “explained the German in contrast to the United model, which now has to redirect the strategy.