AMSTERDAM (REUTERS) – Netherlands head coach Louis van Gaal on Monday (March 28) warned Ajax Amsterdam’s Erik ten Hag in opposition to taking on the supervisor’s function at Manchester United, urging him to decide on a soccer membership over a “commercial” one.
Van Gaal managed United between 2014 and 2016, main them to FA Cup success in his last season earlier than being sacked and changed by Jose Mourinho.
Ten Hag, 52, is amongst a handful of names linked to the highest job at United, with interim supervisor Ralf Rangnick’s tenure set to finish after the present season.
“Erik ten Hag is a great coach and that is always good for Manchester United,” Van Gaal advised reporters forward of Netherlands’ pleasant at dwelling to Germany on Tuesday.
“But Manchester United are a commercial club, so it’s a difficult choice for a coach … he would be better going to a football club. I’m not going to advise him, he’ll call me himself. But he must choose a football club and not a commercial club.”
The 52-year-old Ten Hag was appointed by Ajax throughout the 2017-18 marketing campaign and led them to the Dutch league title in 2019 and 2021, in addition to the Champions League semi-finals in 2019.
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