Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
Although the decision to appoint Dutch coach Erik Ten Hag, coach of Ajax Amsterdam, as technical director of Manchester United has become almost certain, following negotiations between the English and Dutch clubs reached advanced stages, the Dutch team players did not lose hope that he might continue with Ajax, and many of them expressed Their sadness is their great sadness, for their club’s loss of the great coach who has “white hands” over Ajax, and contributed a lot to developing his performance, and led him in the 2018-2019 season to the “golden square” in the European Champions League “Champions League”.
The Serbian Dusan Tadic, the “captain” of the team, spoke on behalf of his colleagues, stressing his sadness and praising the Dutch coach, and elaborated on his technical advantages and wonderful tactics, acknowledging that he was the owner of the credit for the successes of Ajax, not only in the Eredivisie, but also in the first continental championship. Champions League”.
He said: “Tin Hag is a great coach, rather he is one of the best coaches in the world, and I hope with all my heart that he will stay with us and reconsider the issue of his departure to Old Trafford.”
Strangely enough, Ten Hag himself has so far refused to talk regarding his future, or any details related to negotiating with “United”, out of respect for the contract with Ajax.
The news of Ten Hag’s approval to train Manchester United, to succeed German interim coach Ralf Rangnick, was recently announced through various English and Dutch press sources, but it was not officially issued, and it seems that the matter is just “a matter of time”, and it may be announced within days, or at the latest At the end of this April, the United board of directors almost unanimously agreed to take over the job, and preferred him to the Argentine, Mauricio Pochettino, the current coach of Paris Saint-Germain, whose contract would have represented a huge financial burden on United.
Tadic said: He is a master of tactics, and he is ahead of any competitor coach in thinking two steps, and the joy beyond is the joy of working under his leadership.
He added, “Manchester United’s interest in obtaining his services is the biggest evidence of his recognition of the technical and tactical capabilities that this coach possesses that put him in the ranks of the best coaches in the world. In providing the big European clubs with the best young players who shine in their current new clubs, such as Frankie de Jong with Barcelona, Matthias de Ligt with Juventus, and Donny van de Beek currently loaned from United to Everton.
