British media revealed that Ajax manager Eric Tenhag is ready to accept Manchester United's invitation and is willing to become the official manager of the Red Devils at the end of this season. He was disappointed by the situation in Ajax and considered leaving Jia Province, who had been in charge for many years.
According to the Daily Mirror, Tenhag is willing to offer Manchester United's current interim manager Ronnick a seat on the coaching team to increase his chances of getting the Red Devils. Lonnick will be the club's senior football adviser after the end of this season, and has a certain say in the selection of the new manager.
The 63-year-old Lonnick signed a two-year consultancy contract with Manchester United, but Tenhag has promised to play a more important role in the coaching bench, perhaps with fans referring to the role of Manchester United's technical director Darren Fletcher today.
Tenhag is one of the two favourites for a new Manchester United manager, with another contender being Paris Saint-Germain's Pochettino. The Argentine young marshal also has his own advantage, that is, he has coached the Premier League and the big clubs, and is likely to be sacked by Paris, without Manchester United paying the damage fee.
In contrast, Tenhag, who has been coaching Ajax since 2017, is unlikely to leave class. United will either pay him a severance payment or hope that Tenhag will resign voluntarily. The latter is said to be unhappy with Ajax's financial situation and feels he needs to rebuild the team almost every year.
Tenhag coached Ajax, who has won two Eredivisie titles and two Dutch Cups, and has a chance to win a double this season and is still playing in the Champions League. But Ajax is accustomed to selling the team's best players at high prices, and Manchester United has also brought in van der Beek, who has been trained in the team's youth, for £39 million. In addition, Juventus' De Ligt, Barca's Frankie De Jong and Chelsea's Ziyech are also the core players of Ajax's sale. Tenghag believes that this strategy of selling players for a living cannot make himself the most capable.
Tenhag said: "In recent years, our squad has been short-lived. I used to understand, and I still understand, player buying and selling trades. But if you want to continue to make a difference in the Champions League, it's hard to cope with such a blood loss. You need to bring in big players, and Ajax can't buy them."
In addition, Tenhag's close comrade-in-arms, Overmars, was forced to resign as Ajax's football director for sending inappropriate messages to female colleagues, which also made the 52-year-old Tenghag think about his future. Of course, given the state of manchester United over the past 10 years, taking charge of the Red Devils is also a rather difficult task for Tenhag.
He will not have to sell people every year, on the contrary, he can bring in stars according to his own needs. But at the same time, the pressure will follow, Tenghag is Ajax's meritorious coach, but once he comes to Old Trafford, he will be a new coach to prove himself, and once the record is not good and cannot win the championship, it is inevitable to be scolded.
Although United are currently in fourth place in the Premier League, they have played four more games than Arsenal and it is uncertain whether they will be able to participate in the Champions League next season. The milestone of being able to achieve the 400th Premier League victory at Home at Old Trafford is not how well the team has played, but mainly on Ronaldo's personal ability. And if Tenhag coaches Manchester United, how to manage players like Cristiano Ronaldo, whether he can conquer them, is also a new challenge that the Dutch have never experienced.