Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
Although all evidence confirms that Dutch coach Erik Ten Hag, coach of Ajax Amsterdam, is close to contracting with Manchester United to lead the “Red Devils” as of next summer, his current club is making desperate attempts to persuade him to stay and tempt him to increase his salary significantly. Ajax does not hide its desire to keep Ten Hag, one of the best coaches in Europe, with evidence that Jerry Hamstra, the Dutch club’s sporting director, said: We will do our utmost to prevent this deal from being completed. And when one of the journalists asked him: Did you suggest that he increase his contract? He said: Of course we did that, and for an amount much larger than his current salary, without going into details.
He added: We really hope that he will continue with us, but it is natural for him to look for his own interest, and he is not young in terms of judging things, and he has the wisdom to make the right decision, and to be honest, he seems determined to determine his future without anyone’s interference.
When Hamstra was asked what Ajax would do if Tin Hag did not continue with the team, he said: We have to prepare the “second scenario”, in a clear reference to the search for a new coach.
According to well-informed English and Dutch sources, Tin Hag is putting the final touches on his contract with United, and is even preparing a sports project for rebuilding by making fundamental adjustments to the team’s strength by identifying the new deals he requests in the upcoming summer transfer market, as well as proposing the names that will be Dismissed at the end of the season.
And the “Yahoo Sport” website stated that once the official announcement of the appointment of Tin Hag as technical director of “United”, he will be required to put an end to five lean years, in which the “Red Devils” only won one championship in the 2016-2017 season, which is the European League “Europe.” Leg». There is optimism at Old Trafford regarding Tin Hag’s success in bringing United back on the road to championships.
It is reported that Eric Ten Hag, born on February 2, 1970 (age 52), began his coaching career at Go Ah Eagles (2012-2013), then coached Bayern Munich in (2013-2015), and from there to Utrecht (2015-2017), and Ajax Amsterdam as of 2017. So far, he won the Dutch League and Cup twice, 2019 and 2021, and the team reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2019, but he left the tournament in the current version of the round of 16.