Erik ten Hag

Read the official Manchester United press release as Erik ten Hag is appointed Men's First Team Manager, subject to work visa requirements.

“It will be difficult to leave Ajax after these incredible years, and I can assure our fans of my complete commitment and focus on bringing this season to a successful conclusion before I move to Manchester United.” “It will be difficult to leave Ajax after these incredible years, and I can assure our fans of my complete commitment and focus on bringing this season to a successful conclusion before I move to Manchester United.” Erik ten Hag said: “It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead.

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"Two domestic doubles and one kick away from a Champions League final later and there is an acceptance Ten Hag has brought some of the best football that Ajax have seen in years. "Man Utd are still a massive, massive club - one of the biggest clubs in the world. He does not just want to be a head coach - he wants to have control over the transfer strategy and recruitment as well. There is clarity now - all the players who are thinking of leaving, or who Man Utd want to sign, know Ten Hag is going to be the new manager. They want something that's completely different that they've not had before, and that's probably gone against Pochettino in some ways." He told United's website: "It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead. But let's not forget, less than 12 months ago, Man Utd finished second in the Premier League, they finished above Liverpool and over the past decade, six of the last 10 seasons they have finished above Liverpool. He's got more experience than I think most people think at the age of 52. I did a poll the other week and I was absolutely stunned - 220,000 people voted and 82 per cent were in favour of bringing him in over [Mauricio] Pochettino. He's won a couple of titles and cups in Holland. His style of play is good. "It's a massive jump but he's got a good coaching pedigree. Ten Hag will be United's fifth permanent manager since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.

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The winger was bought from Southampton in 2018 for £12m and has since become a staple in ten Hag’s Ajax formation. Just 10 days after this win, ten Hag won the Eredivisie, earning the club the double. Ryan Babel is one of ten Hag’s most successful loan players. Ten Hag then secured a loan figure of £1.5m from Galatasaray for their winger and he has gone on to score three goals in his 25 appearances for the team sitting top of the Eredivisie. He moved to Ajax in 2017 and two years later led the side to the semi-finals of the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League for the first time in 17 years. Ralf Rangnick was brought in back in November to take on an interim role after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sent on his way, and the intervening months have seen several names linked with a move to Old Trafford, but the board has now confirmed that the Ajax manager will take on the permanent position.

He's signed a three-year contract with the option for an additional year as he replaces Ralf Rangnick, who will move to a consultancy role.

It will be difficult to leave Ajax after these incredible years, and I can assure our fans of my complete commitment and focus on bringing this season to a successful conclusion before I move to Manchester United.” He’s signed a three-year contract with the option for an additional year as he replaces Ralf Rangnick, who will move to a consultancy role. He’s signed a three-year contract with the option for an additional year as he replaces Ralf Rangnick, who will move to a consultancy role.

Erik ten Hag will leave Ajax to become Manchester United manager next season, the English giants confirmed on Thursday.

" The 37-year-old still has one year left on his contract, but may not be keen to miss out on Champions League football in one his few remaining seasons at the top of the game. Ten Hag is on course to win his third league title with Ajax and took the four-time European champions to the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2019 for the first time in 22 years.

The Ajax boss will take charge of the Red Devils at the end of the season.

“It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead. “We wish Erik the best of luck as he focuses on achieving a successful end to the season at Ajax and look forward to welcoming him to Manchester United this summer.” The Ajax boss will arrive at Old Trafford at the end of the season with a deal which will end in June 2025 with the option to extend for a further year.

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Therefore, the domestic season in England will have to be paused, as it will be in other European leagues. It is unclear which competition, if any, United will be in next season. It will close at 11 p.m. BST on September 1. The Europa Conference League final will be on June 7, with the venue to be arranged. The deal is subject to work visa requirements. Ten Hag has been in charge of Ajax since December 2017.

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"In terms of qualities, just look at his teams. In many, many games, not just the year they got to the Champions League semi-final." You cannot say that David Moyes is not a good manager or Louis van Gaal or Jose Mourinho. I think all the managers that have been at United have been excellent." He then earned a promotion to the senior side as an assistant manager under Fred Rutten and Steven McClaren. Consequently, while three of those six wins against City came by just one goal, City have managed multiple beatdowns to the tune of 4-1, 3-0 and 3-1 in that span. Now, the old student will look to build United back into a true rival for City.

Erik ten Hag, named as Manchester United's new manager on Thursday, leaves Ajax Amsterdam as one of the Dutch club's most successful coaches.

Last Sunday they also lost the Dutch Cup final to PSV Eindhoven, tarnishing Ten Hag’s otherwise impressive statistics. - Manchester United confirm Erik ten Hag as new permanent manager Manchester — If new Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is able to replicate what he achieved at Ajax Amsterdam, then the Old Trafford faithfuls are in for a heady ride.

The Dutchman will seek to bring warmth and coherence to an ailing celebrity club – it would be hard work for any manager.

Appointing him is in one sense another Rangnick: a process manager at a club that has no process; another doomed attempt by this hollowed-out robot replicant of a club to ape the human elements of a successful sporting culture. Right now, though, the fear is more what this club might do to him over the next three years. The key task will be to break the cycle of mediocrity, to put a firewall between his own work and the layers of middle management inserted by the ownership. Matt Busby took a club that had been bombed into the dust by the Luftwaffe, Alex Ferguson a booze-addled ship without a league title in 20 years. It isn’t hard to see why Ten Hag looks like an attractive option to the United board. For the first time since Alex Ferguson back in 1986 Manchester United have sourced a manager who is qualified on his record but also still on the rise in his own career. Two years of disciplined management, of stubbornness, of insisting on following his own process could inject even this ghost ship, this gothic mansion, with a little warmth, a sense of sharpened edges. Ten Hag is a talented coach and a man of substance. Players have described him as a father figure and notably sympathetic one-to-one, essential qualities in a squad that appears to be teetering constantly on the verge of some kind of collective personality breakdown. Ten Hag has a reputation for promoting youth, for working to a specific 4-3-3 system, but those who know him say he will build around what he has. This is an appointment process so refined it has, to date, dished up five random, ill-fitting, hilariously oscillating selections in the course of the past decade. David Moyes, who came in a little above his level, was recast by eight months in the job as a total imposter, some hollow-eyed passer-by with an empty briefcase on his desk.

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— The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) Van Der Sar said: “Four and a half years is a good amount of time, but we would have liked to have kept Erik at Ajax for longer. “We owe Erik a lot of thanks for what he has achieved with Ajax so far, but we are not done yet. •9h ago •9h ago The safety of his family and those around him is obviously Harry’s number one priority. Edwin van der Sar: "Four and a half years is a good amount of time, but we would have liked to have kept Erik at Ajax for longer. "We owe Erik a lot of thanks for what he has achieved with Ajax so far, but we are not done yet. •9h ago A large dossier on managers was compiled but from that point on Ten Hag was more compelling than the others. "No one knows how long United's rebuild will take because it’s impossible to tell precisely how good — or bad — this squad is. It is understood United reached an agreement with Ten Hag outside of, and separate to, the release clause in his Ajax contract.

Man United have announced Erik ten Hag will take charge at the end of the season, replacing Ralf Rangnick as manager.

Come United's elimination from the Champions League in mid-March, the MEN revealed Ten Hag was the club's preferred candidate. Some are 'underwhelmed by Ten Hag. The players were wisely not consulted on Ten Hag after Ronaldo's view on Solskjaer (and Antonio Conte) was gauged in October and November. Zinedine Zidane was available, just as he is now, and remains the frontrunner to replace Pochettino at the Parc des Princes in the summer. United wanted Pochettino in the wake of Solskjaer's sacking and approached Paris Saint-Germain, who abhorred the prospect of yielding to one of European football's traditional elite. Those at United who have spoken to Ten Hag insist he is determined to prove himself in a major league and ready to manage world sport's most scrutinised institution. Ultimately, United decided Ten Hag was the manager most closely aligned with the club's identity and strategy.

Ajax head coach Erik ten Hag prior to the TOTO KNVB Cup final against PSV and Ajax at Stadion Feijenoord in Rotterdam on April 17 2022. Image: Geert van Erven/ ...

Benfica's 22-year-old striker Darwin Nunez has impressed many in the Champions League this season and United's defence could also benefit from some younger, faster options. The 'Busby Babes' of the 1950s established United as a post-war power in English football before their progress was wrecked by the Munich air disaster. It would be no surprise if some United academy products find themselves with opportunities next season — winger Anthony Elanga has been given chances under Ralf Rangnick this season, central midfielder James Garner has impressed on loan at Nottingham Forest and Spanish born winger Alejandro Garnacho is also highly rated.

The Dutchman is the latest coach tasked with resurrecting Manchester United, English soccer's fallen giant that is enduring a near decade-long slump.

United’s slide has been so profound that it may be years before ten Hag can be expected to make United challengers for the biggest titles. United had long targeted him as a possible new coach and had spoken with him on numerous occasions as it looked to plan for the future. That is what needs to happen with us in the next transfer windows.” Manchester United has turned to the Dutchman Erik ten Hag as the latest coach to help revive its fortunes after a near decade-long slump toward mediocrity. “It is a great honor to be appointed manager of Manchester United, and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead,” ten Hag said. Under ten Hag, Ajax has regularly punched above its weight against wealthier European rivals, playing a swashbuckling attacking style, with homegrown talent, something that was once a signature of Manchester United teams built by Ferguson.

The Dutch coach will head to Old Trafford on a three-year contract.

“Four and a half years is a good amount of time, but we would have liked to have kept Erik at Ajax for longer,” said Edwin van der Sar, Ajax CEO and former Manchester United goalkeeper. He will stay on as manager of Ajax until the end of the season. “It is a great honor to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead,” ten Hag said in a statement.

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That's the key to success." "You see that in the movements off the ball. Liverpool are masters of this, creating space for each other with the off-the-ball runs. Ten Haag is discussing about off-the-ball movement with great insight and detail and it's enough for one supporter to declare, "Put the word out there Manchester United is back". Ten Hag, currently in charge of Ajax, was United's number one managerial target and John Murtough, the club's football director, said the club were impressed with the 52-year-old's "long-term vision for returning Manchester United to the level we want to be competing at". Manchester United fans are buzzing with optimism for the future after seeing a video of Erik ten Hag talking tactics.

Ajax head coach Erik ten Hag prior to the TOTO KNVB Cup final against PSV and Ajax at Stadion Feijenoord in Rotterdam on April 17 2022. Image: Geert van Erven/ ...

Benfica's 22-year-old striker Darwin Nunez has impressed many in the Champions League this season and United's defence could also benefit from some younger, faster options. The 'Busby Babes' of the 1950s established United as a post-war power in English football before their progress was wrecked by the Munich air disaster. It would be no surprise if some United academy products find themselves with opportunities next season — winger Anthony Elanga has been given chances under Ralf Rangnick this season, central midfielder James Garner has impressed on loan at Nottingham Forest and Spanish born winger Alejandro Garnacho is also highly rated.

At Utrecht he transformed me and had the skill to make his vision a reality, even if his method was annoying at the start.

On Sunday morning he was there and he did the meeting. For example, at Utrecht he brought in Zakaria Labyad, who was not fit and had been written off by many, and a year later Zakaria was the Eredivisie’s best attacker. It was the weekend we qualified for the Europa League through the playoffs. He is not the romantic that we like in the Netherlands; he wants to win. And in a completely different way than with us. He also struck the right chord with me mentally. But I was soon enthusiastic, because he is so good in terms of content and details. He also has an eye for the person behind the footballer. He uses a coach looking after the mental side of things, Joost Leenders, but also looks for causes himself if you underperform. His great class is that he knows exactly how he wants it, and how to make it work. You were enjoying the game and then the whistle was blown again and Erik would say you were positioned wrong. He immediately demanded an extra training pitch, which the youth department was not thrilled with.

Without a Premier League title since 2013, new Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag will need time and support to rebuild the team.

“I’m sure they are going to let him rebuild the squad because that needs to happen. “Four and a half years is a good amount of time, but we would have liked to have kept Erik at Ajax for longer. “We owe Erik a lot of thanks for what he has achieved with Ajax so far but we are not done yet. Last Sunday they also lost the Dutch Cup final to PSV Eindhoven, tarnishing Ten Hag’s otherwise impressive statistics. The deal is subject to work visa requirements. “It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead,” he said in the club statement.

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The Dutchman has said following his arrival:“ It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead. The forward returned in the summer and, whilst scoring regularly, has been accused of altering the club's style and may struggle under Ten Hag's philosophy. Ten Hag also has players who he believes are 'entering their peaks' and is hoping to continue their development.

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"The way they worked, what they worked on and that was through every age group. The philosophy, the culture and the environment. McClaren also claimed United's players should expect 'long days and long hours' across the summer.

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Aside from these direct deals with United, Ajax have done plenty of business with the Premier League during Ten Hag’s period as head coach. As Ajax boss, Erik ten Hag had plenty of official dealings with Manchester United, having both sold to and bought from the club. Blind has gone on to become the player Ten Hag has selected more often than any other player, apart from Dusan Tadic, in his managerial career. When Ten Hag was named head coach of Ajax in December 2017, it was a former Manchester United player who authorised the appointment – giving Erik another strong Reds connection. In an incredible first full season in charge of Ajax, 2018/19, while winning the Dutch league-and-cup double, Ten Hag also took his team on an electric run to the semi-finals of the Champions League, where they faced Tottenham Hotspur, managed by Mauricio Pochettino at the time. The following campaign, Ten Hag locked horns with Chelsea, coached by Frank Lampard, in the group stages.

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Upon his appointment, Ten Hag said: “It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead. But given the size of the job, Ten Hag will earn a modest wage at Old Trafford when Ralf Rangnick passes over the reins in the summer. He will then join United as Rangnick moves into a consultancy role within the club’s complex backroom structure. Erik ten Hag will only be the fifth best-paid head coach in the Premier League after being appointed as the new Manchester United manager, according to reports. United are unlikely to finish in the top four under interim boss Ralf Rangnick this season. Ten Hag has a monumental job guiding United back to English football’s elite.

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He's so talented but he constantly demands the best out of himself. "Like with his free-kicks and kicking technique. Although it is likely to become a story that develops in the coming months as Ten Hag's official arrival draws nearer, comments the Dutchman made about Ronaldo to Dutch Soccer Site in 2017 might provide a hint as to how the tactician views the legendary No. 7.

Erik ten Hag comes with a strong CV of playing the kind of football that Manchester United watch their biggest rivals play today.

Their recent games against Liverpool and Manchester City have laid bare the abyss that exists between those two title challengers and United. For starters, Manchester United need to allow Ralf Rangnick — should he continue as a consultant from next season — and ten Hag to build a team. They need to start the rebuild by overachieving, and ten Hag has overachieved at his previous jobs like there is no tomorrow. The amount of freedom Manchester United give ten Hag and his team will determine the most important question around his signing. Manchester United is a different sized beast to Utrecht and Ajax, but they need something that ten Hag achieved at those clubs. Their recent results may not show it, but United have some pieces of the ten Hag puzzle already in place. While their defensive game needs a lot of fixing, their ability on the ball should be an encouraging sign for ten Hag. In Marcus Rashford, Anthony Elanga, and Jadon Sancho, United also have the kind of inside-forwards that Ajax have been using extensively over the last four years. A tactic like this is fraught with the risk of getting caught out of shape on the counter, but that's one his teams like playing with. In 2018-19, Ajax played with a false-9 up top, with Hakim Ziyech, Dusan Tadic, and David Neres frequently rotating and dropping deep to pull teams out of shape. They were struggling to push beyond a low ceiling, having not won the Eredivisie in three seasons and looking unlikely to even challenge that season. They play a high defensive line, press aggressively, and like to move quickly in transition. In his first season, Utrecht reached the KNVB cup final and finished fifth in the league. ten Hag's side won the second leg 3-0, and the tie on penalty shoot-outs.

Ralf Rangnick has backed Erik Ten Hag to improve Manchester United on the pitch following confirmation of the Dutchman's appointment.

United are three points behind fifth-placed Arsenal in the Premier League table. "He will have his own ideas. "It will be a significant change and rebuild necessary, that's clear. "I knew that Erik was one of the candidates the board spoke to and obviously I told them, at least from what I had seen and knew from people who had worked with Erik, that I think he would be a good choice and I still believe he will be a very good choice." "There might be a few others who, although they still have contracts, are on loan might still want to be on loan or leave the club. "From what I've seen him do at Bayern Munich when he was the Under-23 coach and Ajax now, I like his football and I'm pretty positive that with a full pre-season, with having the chance to build and mould his own staff, also a new team, which is obvious, we will have a new team.

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Within Ajax’s statement upon the announcement of ten Hag’s impending move to Manchester, the new United manager said: “I only have one interest now and that's these last five games. The long-expected announcement of Erik ten Hag’s appointment as the next Manchester United boss on Thursday was met with optimism by fans. Ten Hag has been tasked with the challenge of restoring United back as title contenders in a long-term project.

Erik ten Hag will become the next Man United manager and Ralf Rangnick is expected to inform his decision-making next season.

"It will be a significant change and rebuild necessary, that's clear. "It's obvious there are quite a few players whose contracts are expiring," Rangnick explained. With a full pre-season, I am pretty sure we will see a different team and improvement on the pitch.

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He's so talented but he constantly demands the best out of himself. "Like with his free-kicks and kicking technique. Although it is likely to become a story that develops in the coming months as Ten Hag's official arrival draws nearer, comments the Dutchman made about Ronaldo to Dutch Soccer Site in 2017 might provide a hint as to how the tactician views the legendary No. 7.

Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick is confident new appointment Erik ten Hag will spark an improvement at Old Trafford next season.

“I still believe that he is a very good choice and, all the other things, we so far haven't had time to speak about,” the German concluded, referring to his role at the club beyond this season. “I'm pretty positive with a full pre-season, with having the chance to build and mould his own staff, also a new team, which is obvious, we will have a new team, with a full pre-season, I am pretty sure that we will see a different team and improvement on the pitch.” Ralf is yet to speak to Erik on a one-to-one basis but he has been impressed with the job the 52-year-old has done at Ajax, with the Amsterdam club closing in on a third Eredivisie title in four years under Ten Hag, with the other campaign curtailed due to the outbreak of Covid-19.

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And obviously I told them, from what I had seen and known from people who had worked with Erik, that I think he would be a good choice. And obviously I told them, from what I had seen and known from people who had worked with Erik, that I think he would be a good choice. During his press conference at Carrington on Friday,Ralf praised the appointment of Erik: “We don't know each other in person, we haven't met in person yet. In ourclub statement, Ten Hag looked forward to taking charge at the Theatre of Dreams: “It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead. By doing so, we'll qualify directly for the Champions League. Ajax belongs there.” By doing so, we'll qualify directly for the Champions League. Ajax belongs there.”

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Paul Pogba: His contract is expiring this summer, and he's expected to leave, but this slams the door shut on any possibility of him staying. He has the ability and vision to need just one touch to play a smart ball forward, and his ability to play the ball wide will be utilized all of the time. What seems clear is that somebody has the opportunity to make the left wing their own, and if it's not Rashford, he might need to move elsewhere for his career to continue developing. But for Rashford, his future could be away from the city of Manchester. The Mirror has hinted at 12 players who could leave in the summer, and Rashford is one of them. A lot of the attack is generated from the wings in this system, and there is no denying the talent that Sancho has. When a new manager is coming, it is only natural for players to wonder how the move can impact them.

The Ajax manager is walking into a difficult situation at Old Trafford, where his immediate predecessors have all struggled to build a consistent winner.

To doubt ten Hag’s capacity to thrive in that environment is not to doubt his abilities as a coach. It has a coherent structure rather than tier upon tier of middle-management of debatable purpose or value. Ronaldo not merely ate into the budget that could more usefully have been spent on players like Rice, but also because of his lack of pace and movement, he stymied the one aspect of Solskjaer’s play that had worked: the lightning counterattacks. It may be noted that ten Hag has almost nothing in common with his four predecessors in the unenviable role of replacing Sir Alex Ferguson—nothing other than the fact that, at the right moment, he was highly thought of enough by the right people to attract the attention of the Manchester United board. Finally, most inexplicably of all, came Ralf Rangnick, the godfather of gegenpressing, a supreme sporting director and a man who had pioneered the development of the Red Bull family of clubs. But he was essentially somebody whose only notable tactical accomplishment was setting up a team to sit deep against high-level opposition and strike on the break.

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Things were already happening last summer, but I wanted to be successful with Ajax one more time and spend the winter in the Champions League. And he was pretty clear in his response that no player will be able to go against his values. He missed Tuesday's 4-0 loss at Liverpool following the death of his baby son earlier this week. I tell who has what task and who does not meet it, will be told that, regardless of who it is. Ronaldo is almost halfway through the two-year contract he signed upon his return to United last summer. The Dutchman will leave Ajax to replace Ralf Rangnick at Old Trafford.

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The 52-year-old will reportedly be earning £9 million (R180 million) a season over the course of his three-year deal in Manchester. Like the actual EPL log, Pep Guardiola leads the list as the best-paid manager in England, with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp just behind him in second place. According to the Daily Mail, Ten Hag will be doubling his salary from the one he receives at Ajax Amsterdam when he takes to the dugout at Old Trafford come the beginning of the 2022/23 season.

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"I think that's the biggest compliment that we could have got. I don't want to be a ruler, I will work together, but having a say in transfers is a condition for me," he added. I worked at PSV and the cup final didn't get any attention there for years. "The fact that PSV was so hungry to win the cup final was logical, they didn't win a trophy for a long time. With always the intention to play great, and to play good. I will tell them their task and whoever does not meet those tasks will hear that from me, no matter who it is," he said.

The Dutchman has signed a three-year contract with Manchester United with the task of rebuilding the squad.

But for the young players to thrive Ten Hag needs to imprint his style of play – something Ralf Rangnick has struggled to do. With a rumoured £200m to spend ten Hag will need to prioritise a defensive midfielder – Declan Rice and Kalvin Phillips have both been linked to United. Is the Arteta way the right way? As Arsenal have found to their benefit, clearing out the big-earners not only creates financial freedom to revamp the squad, it also frees up minutes for academy products to filter into the first team. Offloading some of that burden would create more flexibility in the transfer market. He is approaching the same number of games in charge as Jose Mourinho’s entire reign at Old Trafford. Stability has given him confidence to make bold choices that are starting to pay off.

Erik ten Hag says that if he had not been granted "control" over transfers at Manchester United he would not have taken the job.

I make no concessions in that regard." I don't want to be the sole ruler, I stand for cooperation, but control in transfers is a condition for me." I am ultimately responsible and accounted for the results.

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The 52-year-old will reportedly be earning £9 million (R180 million) a season over the course of his three-year deal in Manchester. Like the actual EPL log, Pep Guardiola leads the list as the best-paid manager in England, with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp just behind him in second place. According to the Daily Mail, Ten Hag will be doubling his salary from the one he receives at Ajax Amsterdam when he takes to the dugout at Old Trafford come the beginning of the 2022/23 season.

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Alexandre Lacazette, out of contract this summer, will probably join the procession, even though a contract offer is likely to be made. The prolonged injuries to Thomas Partey, through whom so much of their football flows, and Kieran Tierney weighs against that happening. But when Erik ten Hag tunes into his own new club's game at the Emirates on Saturday, Arsenal will offer a glimpse of a direction of travel. Though the courage to part company with Aubameyang this winter was welcome, the failure to bring in Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina — or any alternative — has left the side short of goals. 'To be honest, it was like they'd won the league.' But in a footballing sense, it does exist.