According to the English media "Manchester Evening News", Ajax manager Eric Tenhag became the first candidate for a long-term manager of Manchester United next season after being interviewed by Manchester United's official website last month, and Manchester United only need to pay Ajax 1.7 million pounds to release Tenhag from their club's contract. According to the Manchester Evening News, the Manchester United dressing room, the prospect of appointing Tenhag split into two factions, many Manchester United players are excited about the prospect of being coached by Tenhag and think his arrival will help the Old Trafford team, and some Manchester United players believe that Tenhag is a "bland" choice and that his arrival cannot help Manchester United in any way.
It has been almost a decade since The resignation of LegendAry Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson as manager of Manchester United in 2013, and since then, United have not won the Premier League and UEFA Champions League titles, and on their way to the Premier League title and UEFA Champions League title, United have invested heavily in the head coaching position, having rotated four long-term managers, plus two interim managers. At present, the selection of managers is under great pressure from the club's top brass, who may announce the selection of long-term managers in the near future.
In the nine years since Ferguson retired, United have paid around £38m to sack four long-term managers, namely Scottish football coach David Moyes, Dutch football coach Louis van Gaal, Portugal football coach Jose Mourinho and Norwegian football coach Solskjaer this season. According to media reports, Manchester United do not want to spend too much on the head coach, even if the Manchester United executives want To let Maulisio Pochettino coach the team, in France, there is no release clause in the manager's contract, which means that Manchester United will want Pochettino to pay Paris Saint-Germain a liquidated damages of about 10 million pounds, so Manchester United chose the cheap Tenhag.
Eric Tenhag led the team to two Eredivisie titles and led Ajax to the 2019 Champions League semi-finals, the Dutchman was once Barcelona's second-team coach when Manchester City manager Josep Guardiola coached the Barcelona first team, and Tenhag imitated the coaching style of the other side. There have also been reports that The Manchester City manager was a role model for Tenhag, who posed in a similar 4-3-3 formation and used the same positional play. There are reports that Tenghag will also take Ajax players with him when he lands at Old Trafford.