Erik ten Hag

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.

Manchester United have confirmed the appointment of Ajax head coach Erik ten Hag as their new manager from the end of the current season until June 2025.

Ajax chief executive — and former Manchester United player — Edwin van der Sar added: “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. Ten Hag has been the head coach of Ajax since December 2017. From passive goalkeeping to ball progression issues across the team, Ten Hag has plenty to sort when it comes to the United squad From passive goalkeeping to ball progression issues across the team, Ten Hag has plenty to sort when it comes to the United squad United are looking for a striker, two central midfielders and a right winger - signings which would be a show of support for the new manager

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“I’m happy that it has been finalized and that it has been officially announced," he said. United hasn’t endured such a trophy drought since the early 1980s and has slipped way behind rivals Manchester City and Liverpool despite continuing to spend heavily on players. The three-time European champion might not even return to the Champions League next season. “I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead,” ten Hag said. As such, he is untested in the Premier League and in handling the egos of some of the biggest players in world soccer — and United has some of them in Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes. Returning United to its former heights is set to be an even bigger job, given the team won the last of its record 20 English titles in 2013 — Ferguson’s final season of his 26-year reign — and hasn’t won a trophy since beating Ajax in the Europa League final in 2017.

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For a United team that has been under turmoil for the past few years, this could be a new dawn as they bring someone with a fresh perspective, but the risk of it being yet another false one remains. The entire defense could be in need of a refresh. Manchester United are in need of a culture shift and ten Hag is a good person to bring that to the forefront with his system. The midfield still needs work with Nemanja Matic, Fred, and Scott McTominay being possible liabilities in a high-possession system, but the hope would be that transfer funds are available to ten Hag to get reinforcements there. Pair that with falling out of the Coupe de France to Nice via penalty kicks, and it would be easy to understand why United decided Pochettino and his teams have too much history of wilting when the lights shine the brightest. The deal, which has been all but done for weeks now, finally has all the names signed on the dotted lines.

Manchester United have officially confirmed that Erik ten Hag will be their manager next season. Ten Hag described the move as "a great honor".

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Manchester United have appointed Ajax boss Erik ten Hag as their new manager, to replace interim Ralf Rangnick at the end of the season.

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. "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." "I know the history of this great club and the passion of the fans, and I am absolutely determined to develop a team capable of delivering the success they deserve.

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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.

Once a model of coaching stability in Alex Ferguson's long trophy-filled tenure, Manchester United hired a fifth full-time manager in nine years since his ...

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"It is a great honor to be appointed manager of Manchester United, and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead," he said. Ten Hag will become the club's fifth full-time manager since Ferguson's departure. After leading Go Ahead to the Eredivisie, Ten Hag moved to Germany to coach Bayern Munich's reserve side.

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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"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". Rangnick is expected to stay at the club as consultant at season's end, as was announced when he was appointed. I know the history of this great club and the passion of the fans, and I am absolutely determined to develop a team capable of delivering the success they deserve," ten Hag said.

Manchester United have ended their search for permanent successor to Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who left in November, by taking Erik ten Hag from Ajax.

Ten Hag said: “It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead. It is understood that Richard Arnold, the chief executive, engaged in the final stages of the process and there was unanimous agreement that Ten Hag was the outstanding candidate. Manchester United have confirmed that Erik ten Hag will be their new manager on contract to June 2025, with the option to extend for a further year.

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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.

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Ten Hag will fully get to grips with United in June, working with Murtough, Fletcher and head of recruitment Steve Brown over signings. Two months before, Pochettino had been properly gathering information about Manchester as a city, the structure of the club and the personality of United players. McClaren, who Ten Hag assisted at FC Twente, was raised for a return to United. McClaren had been Ferguson’s No 2 during the treble in 1999 and before talks began, Ten Hag approached his former boss for advice on United, with the conversation centring on the enormity of the club. McClaren felt Ten Hag would be able to handle United with the right support structure. As talks advanced to Ten Hag’s contract and logistics around the proposed deal, news broke of United’s intentions. According to those close to the situation, PSG were aware there was a chance to save money on the cost of sacking Pochettino — estimated by L’Equipe to be £17 million — by negotiating with United. But at the same time, United knew making the first move would give PSG the stronger hand. Another aspect to consider were the reports that surfaced in early February stating United players preferred Pochettino. Whatever the origins of such a sentiment, the reaction at Carrington was indifferent. Nevertheless United were aware that a meeting with RB Leipzig could see Ten Hag shake hands on a deal from which he would not renege. Still, it was viewed at Old Trafford as a useful chance to develop a relationship with a leading manager in Enrique, who won the treble with Barcelona in 2015. Forde is used as a consultant by the Glazer family and was also involved in recruiting Rangnick. A large dossier on managers was compiled but from that point on Ten Hag was more compelling than the others. Rodgers slipped from the reckoning as Leicester’s results drifted, with Ten Hag and Pochettino becoming the leading candidates.

Erik Ten Hag contributed an 88-word statement as Manchester United announced him as their new manager on Thursday. There were some key words among those ...

"I know the history of this great club and the passion of the fans, and I am absolutely determined to develop a team capable of delivering the success they deserve. Ten Hag's message to fans of United and Ajax read as follows: "It is a great honor to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead. Erik ten Hag contributed an 88-word statement as Manchester United announced him as their new manager on Thursday.

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.

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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.

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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He scored a stunning goal on the final day of 1996/97 to help his side avoid relegation. During his time at Old Trafford, McClaren helped the club to enjoy much success as they won the treble in the 1998-99 season before further Premier League titles in 2000 and 2001. During his time at Middlesbrough, McClaren won the League Cup in 2004. Erik is the same in that respect." The Telegraph also claim Ten Hag wants Mitchell van der Gaag to come with him to United. Van der Gaag, 50, has been Ten Hag's assistant at Ajax since June 1, 2021. The Telegraph state that Ten Hag wants Steve McClaren to be part of his coaching staff at United. The pair previously worked together at FC Twente when Ten Hag was an assistant to McClaren.

Erik ten Hag comes to Man United with a record of success, quality football and developing youth, but still there's an air of the unknown about him.

But he is also very good in the way he talks to the players. Ten Hag will likely bring some familiar faces with him to his backroom staff, including Mitchell van der Gaag and Robin van Persie ( if the former United striker is able to obtain a work permit), and top of his to-do list will be to improve the squad's fitness. "It's the same with his two central defenders at Ajax -- Lisandro Martinez and Juurien Timber. He'll need two central defenders who are good on the ball, but also they need pace. You learn a lot and get more experience and you learn better how to manage situations, so I have improved as a manager." The club has been dealing with the fallout in the boardroom and in the media, but Ten Hag has managed to keep the ship steering in the right direction on the pitch. Ten Hag is a detail-oriented figure who is immersed in his club and leaves little to chance. And if he needs to get angry at half-time to get his team going, he will. It was a formative experience for Ten Hag. He learned what it takes to manage and work for one of the European powerhouses, and he also witnessed Guardiola's methods first-hand: noting how Guardiola's team would defend and press from the front, and the intensity at which Bayern trained. When we spoke in December about legacy, Ten Hag identified three key aspects of being a successful club coach at the Dutch giants, which he'll take with him to United. "Laziness is a big threat, for me as a coach -- when I have that feeling, it'll come to my players and if my players get lazy, then we're killed." "Satisfaction is also a danger, as the moment you get satisfied, you get lazy," he said. At the time, he was being linked with all manner of top jobs, and was asked about whether he pays any attention to it.