According to British media reports, if Tenhag coaches Manchester United, because he is worried that his authority is not enough to deter the Red Devils locker room, he wants to hire a Dutch celebrity with ties to Manchester United as an assistant coach. Currently, Van Nissy, Van Persie and Stam are his candidates.
Tenhag, 52, has already been interviewed by Manchester United this week and has developed a coaching plan, and a Manchester United star will be an integral part of his coaching staff. According to the British newspaper The Times, Tenhag hopes that some of the coaches are the famous Players of the past, who can provide the inside story of the club and build emotional bonds with the team, staff and fans.
And since Tenhag is Dutch, the first choice is the Dutch player who has played for Manchester United, Van Nistelrough Van Persie and Stam are all eligible, of which Van Ngai is the most likely. In addition, the former Assistant Coach Murenstine is also under consideration.
Van Persie is currently a Fayenoord assistant coach who shares the same agent as Tenhag; Van Nissee is an assistant coach at Eindhoven, where he is seen as a candidate for managerial staff after Schmidt's departure and therefore may not leave; meanwhile, Stam, who was laid off at FC in Cincinnati, USA last year, is said to have no intention of returning to the coaching staff.
At the same time, Tenhag will also bring with him an assistant coach from Ajax. Last year he approached Tottenham hotspur and offered to take coach Syos Ulti to North London, but the two sides failed to negotiate, Tenhag stayed in Ajax, but Ulti flew solo to coach, so now Tenhag is going to take the assistant coach Mitchell van der Gag. He also intends to include current Manchester United interim manager Ronnick or technical director Darren Fletcher into the coaching staff.
Tenhag did well in Monday's interview, but United did not reach an agreement with him. The club also interviews Pochettino, Luis Enrique and Lopetegui before making a choice.
Tenhag, meanwhile, has other options, with Sky Sports reports revealing that United are just one of three teams approaching him.
Dutch football journalist Van der Kraan said: "Tenhag has three main chances and Manchester United are just one of them. I don't want to dampen the excitement of the England fans, but maybe United haven't done all the work yet, they've been in active negotiations with Tenhag, but so have the other two giants in Europe. Both clubs can play in the Champions League and have a chance to win in their own leagues. One of the clubs was very sincere about Tenhag's interest, and that was a continental Club, not in England. I know Tenhag is also very excited about that job."
"If United want to get things going smoothly, they're going to have to pick things up and take concrete action. They need to sign a contract with him as soon as possible, otherwise it may be too late, and for Tenhagelja, he may be worried that Manchester United has become a graveyard for the manager. You see That Van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer all failing to coach Manchester United and their reputations damaged, so Tenhag needs more persuasion from Manchester United."
But the details of United's contract to hire Tenhag have been determined that the club will need to pay Ajax up to £5 million in damages. Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano said: "The process of selecting a manager for Manchester United is still ongoing and I believe they hope to get it done in two or three weeks."