Official: Erik ten Hag to become Manchester United manager in June 2022

A revolution was needed. As Manchester United continue to sink, ending their fifth straight season without a trophy, a shock was needed. This Thursday, he arrived. As expected for several weeks now, the Mancunian club has formalized the arrival of Erik ten Hag next June for a long-term project. The Ajax Amsterdam coach has signed up for three seasons and another one as an option. On the side of Old Trafford, we hope to have finally found the chosen one able to bring MU back into the light. And, for once, it is with a wider field of action than his predecessors that the Dutchman could act.

It is therefore through play that Manchester United hopes to wake up. Demoted in the English hierarchy for years, philosophically overtaken by its competitors having decided to bet on long-term projects with all-powerful managers, like Pep Guardiola at Manchester City or Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool, the Mancunian board has resolved giving the keys to the truck to a technician. Because it is on these criteria that ten Hag was selected.

Coach of an Ajax Amsterdam team that has been as attractive as it has been victorious since 2017, the former Bayern Munich reserve coach when Guardiola led the first team comes with ideas and a rating at the top. “Tactical genius“, according to our colleagues from Eurosport in the Netherlands, the Dutchman notably beat a Mauricio Pochettino who had long been announced as the favorite for the position.

He beat Pochettino in interviews

“During his four years as Ajax manager, Erik has shown himself to be one of the most exciting and promising managers in Europe, known for his team’s attractive play, attacking football and commitment to young people.explained John Murtough, director of football at MU in the club press release. In our discussions with Erik leading up to this appointment, we were very impressed with his long-term vision to bring Manchester United back to the level we want to achieve.“.

Still, the task that is proposed to the Dutchman is colossal. Humiliated on Tuesday by an untenable Liverpool team in recent weeks (4-0), Ralf Rangnick, appointed on a provisional basis after the dismissal of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer last November, had outlined the extent of the work awaiting the Mancunians. “There will be a rebuild herehe had whispered. Six, seven, maybe ten new players will come. Liverpool have better players than us and that was really reflected in today’s result. There will definitely be a rebuild, that was obvious in the first three or four weeks for me. For us, as a coach, it’s extremely embarrassing to sit here and have a press conference like this.“. It is now up to ten Hag to avoid such a situation. Vast project.