Erik ten Hag

A model of stability in Alex Ferguson's long trophy-filled tenure, Manchester United have hired a fifth full-time manager...

Erik ten Hag will join Man Utd on a three-year deal - with option of a further year - in the summer; Dutchman replaces Ralf Rangnick, with interim boss set ...

"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.

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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“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.

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.

Premier League giants Manchester United has confirmed Erik ten Hag will take over as manager at the end of the current season.

“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.” Ten Hag said: “It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead. Manchester United has confirmed Erik ten Hag will take over as manager at the end of the season.

A model of stability in Alex Ferguson's long trophy-filled tenure, Manchester United have hired a fifth full-time manager in nine years since his retirement by bringing in Erik ten Hag from Ajax. Ten Hag's arrival was announced by United on Thursday ...

As such, he is untested in handling the egos of some of the biggest names in world soccer - and United has some of them in Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes. Pogba is, however, out of contract at the end of the season and is set to leave as part of what could be a major shake-up of a playing squad that needs rebuilding and strengthening in key areas like central midfield and up front. Returning United to their former heights is set to be an even bigger job, given the team won the last of their 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. United are three points out of the Premier League top four with five games remaining. Since Ferguson's departure, United have gone with the man he hand-picked as a successor, David Moyes, and then managers with bigger profiles in Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho. None of them worked out and nor did Solskjaer, although he at least got United to a second-place finish last season. United has been led by interim managers Michael Carrick and currently Ralf Rangnick since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was fired in November. Adopting the attacking philosophy of the great Johan Cruyff, ten Hag succeeded in bringing the good times back to Ajax, leading the biggest team in the Netherlands to two Eredivisie titles - it could be three in a few weeks - as well as the Champions League semi-finals in 2019. A model of stability in Alex Ferguson's long trophy-filled tenure, Manchester United have hired a fifth full-time manager in nine years since his retirement by bringing in Erik ten Hag from Ajax. Ten Hag's arrival was announced by United on Thursday and the 52-year-old Dutchman will join at the end of the season to 2025.

The Dutchman, currently employed by Ajax, will also be eighth man in a decade (including interim and caretaker managers) to sit in the Old Trafford hot seat.

“But slowly, you realise you’re getting better as a team. Getting the 25-year-old displaying the form that made him a hot commodity will be just one piece of a large and expensive midfield puzzle for ten Hag to solve. The problem? Sky Sports pundit Graham Souness highlighted the issue in his post-match analysis, providing a damning assessment of why the club has continued to get it so wrong in the middle of the park. But the incoming Dutchman will need to hatch a plan that incorporates the superstar. Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Old Trafford in 2003 as a youngster that Ferguson tipped to be one of the most exciting players in the world. But first, he must find a way of getting his methods and ideas across to a squad filled with large egos and a fanbase that is desperate to believe in the club again. If Ruiter’s account of what it’s like to play under ten Hag carries across to the training fields at Carrington, Ronaldo could be in for a rude awakening. But then again, it’s Ronaldo, a man who will go down as one of the greatest to ever play the game. There's a myriad of reasons as to why that’s the case, but there’s blame that sits at the feet of Rangnick as well as the players. Whether ten Hag ultimately proves to be the right appointment is a debate to be had further down the line. And in every appointment that has followed Ferguson, from David Moyes having the impossible task of succeeding one of the greatest to Ralf Rangnick stumbling and staggering along as interim manager, there’s been a lingering sense that United must get the next appointment right.

Struggling Premier League giants Manchester United have hired Ajax's Erik ten Hag as their fifth manager in nine years.

United are three points out of the Premier League top four with five games remaining. "I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead," ten Hag said. Returning United to their former heights is set to be an even bigger job, given the team won the last of their 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.

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.

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The quality of teams against you is much higher, and it will be difficult to be as dominant in the Premier League as Ajax was in Holland. Erik ten Hag said upon being appointed: “It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead. The worst-kept secret in football has been confirmed: Erik ten Hag will be the next Manchester United manager. Control needs to be taken away from the directors and back to the manager.” Welcome to Manchester United. Time to fasten the belts and enjoy the ride!” “The style of football he’s played at Ajax over the last four and a half years is great to watch. We’ve squandered a lot of money, too many of the players who’ve not worked out, too many have been big names and we’ve been star struck by them, the timing of them coming has been imperfect. Andy Mitten, editor of the longstanding United We Stand fanzine, has welcomed Ten Hag’s appointment but says it won’t be easy for him and some patience will be needed. He told me this and a couple of weeks later he was the best coach for me.” A spokesperson for Maguire said: “In the last 24 hours, Harry has received a serious threat to his family home. The worst-kept secret in football has been confirmed: Erik ten Hag will be the next Manchester United manager. “We need to get back to being the huge club that we are.

Ten Hag will join Manchester United as manager from the end of the season, the club announced Thursday. (CNN) English Premier League side Manchester ...

"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." "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." "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.

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

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.

Erik ten Hag will match up against his former mentor when he takes charger of his first heated Manchester derby, facing off against Pep Guardiola, ...

"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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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.

Ralf Rangnick was appointed to steady the ship after the decline under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but the German has been unable to assert any meaningful authority ...

Until Solskjaer they had chronic difficulties with injuries across the squad, so there is an obvious problem with effort and exertion that will need to be resolved after almost a decade of underperformance. That last point is linked to the necessity to change United’s approach to the game. Perhaps the headline concern is the future of Cristiano Ronaldo. After an incredibly difficult week for the Portuguese striker, he has returned to United training and might soon be back in the fold.