Willem Vissers, Dutch journalist for the Volkskrant “I think he’s a very normal man, he likes to play normal football, attacking football, with good organisation, but he also comes from the east of the country so he’s a very nice and calmly modest man “.
“Ajax were more down to earth when he arrived. In fact, when he started they were starting from zero because in four years they had not had a title, the mentality of the players was not enough good, they were losing important games because the mental strength was not big enough, so he tried to change all that. With him, they changed the system of the whole club. A lot of new players will come [à United], he wants to play attacking and dominant football, but he needs time to introduce a new system. I hope he gets time in Manchester and that’s the most important thing.”
Freek Jansen, Dutch journalist for Voetbal International: “I hope the United fans will accept him and his acquaintances. I think it will be a good game between United and Erik ten Hag. I think in England the job will be different and more important for him. But, for the media, he is a good man and he says what he wants, but he always thinks about the club.”