Britain's "Daily Mirror" revealed that Tenhag's coaching next season has worried some of United's players, and they have asked their teammate Van de Beek, who is rented out to Everton, for information about the new manager.
Tenhag, 52, has been in charge at Ajax for five years, with Van der Beek coming from the club, joining Jaffa Youth at the age of 10 before performing well under Tenhag, joining Manchester United two years ago for a transfer fee of £39 million.
At Old Trafford, Van de Beek was unsatisfied, became a substitute, and was eventually loaned out to Everton in January this year, still failing to adapt to the Premier League. However, Tenghag's coaching may change his fate, and Xiao Fan is probably the one who is most looking forward to the arrival of the new coach.
Although Van der Beek is still in Everton, his Manchester United team-mates have been contacting him for inside information about Tenhag. Van der Beek, 24, told his teammates that it would be harder to play for Tenhag, warning his teammates that they would be surprised when Tenhag became manager.
A United source said: "The players have been asking Downey (Van de Beek) about Coach Tenhag because he has played under Ten haag before. And he told his teammates that Tenghag's training session, unlike what they're used to now, is that they have to run more than they used to. Downey told the Manchester United players that Tenhag was very enthusiastic and a perfectionist and he trained with the players one-on-one. He controls every aspect of the players, including their diet. Downey's basic message is that Tenhag is not a person to challenge, and if you don't obey, you're out."
Van der Beek naturally wanted to reactivate his Manchester United career under his mentor, and the Netherlands international failed to conquer former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer or interim coach Lonnick. But he hopes Tenhag's arrival will be different, allowing himself to return to Van Gaal's Dutch side for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year.
Former Southampton winger and current Ajax captain Tadić also described his views on Tenhag. "I want him to stay, he's a great coach, one of the best managers in the world." Tadić said, "Tactically, he thinks two steps ahead of his opponents. It was a pleasure to work with him. It is logical that other clubs are interested in Ajax coaches and players. It's always been like that, and that's why we're Ajax, and we can only accept that fact."
But there are also people who warned Tenhag that after coaching in the Premier League, his challenge was far different from that in the Dutch League. Coaching Ajax, Tenghag's opponent is former Chinese Super League coach Schmidt, while the Premier League is Guardiola, Klopp, Tuchel, Conte and other world-class coaches, even more than the Champions League. Moreover, in the Manchester United locker room, there are not obedient young people in Jia Fu, but people such as C Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandez, Maguire and Rashford, all of whom are not good men and women.