Manchester United officially announced Tenhag as manager for next season on Thursday, and Manchester United sent Tenhag a 3+1 contract that "broke the record for the income of a Dutch manager in the history of the Premier League", the specific amount of which was not announced. The Dutch newspaper The Telegraph said it earned more than Van Gaal that year. Chef Fan's annual salary for the year was said to be £3.3 million, not including bonuses. Tenhag's income is certainly higher than that, and perhaps even much higher than it. The base salary of Manchester United's incoming manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was £7.5 million a year. Tenhag's Ajax assistant coach Mitchell van der Gag will also join at the same time, and the Dutchman still wants to bring Steve McLaren back to Manchester United to become part of his coaching staff.
Van der Gag has yet to close contract negotiations with the Premier League club, but there are no obstacles to his joining. Tenhag also wanted to add another coach and wanted to be a figure close to Manchester United, with former goalscorers Van Nistelrooy and Van Persie both making the shortlist, but both declined the invitation. Van Nistelrooy has decided to coach Eindhoven next season, while Van Persie has decided to stay with his parent team, Feyenoord, to develop his son Shaquille.
Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Tenhag has been in contact with 1999 United's assistant coach McLaren during the Triple Crown era, and the two have worked together in Twente in the Dutch first division. But recently McLaren has been involved in research projects hosted by FIFA and Wenger, focusing on the development paths of all 208 FIFA countries. McLaren, 60, had no intention of making a comeback and needed Tonhag to continue lobbying. But britain's "Sun" said mcLaren may change his mind and agree to join Manchester United.
United are not opposed to Tenhag's two new coaching appointments, but the Daily Mail revealed that the club's board wants the Ajax manager to keep the existing coaching staff. Currently under the Red Devils' interim manager Ronnick, there are currently Chris Armas and Former Fur knight's assistant Mike Ferran and others.
Keeping United's existing coaching staff will be a challenge for Tenhag, and it is unclear whether they can instill their football philosophy in training. In the past two or three years, Manchester United have lacked cooperation in the game, no routines, lack of tacit understanding among players, and are considered to have a low level of training.
Not only that, the British media disclosed that the current coach Lonnick was also a little dissatisfied with technical director Darren Fletcher entering the coaching bench and commanding the players loudly in the game. Fletcher returned to Manchester United during his time at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, where his role as technical director was somewhat ambiguous, both interviewing a new manager and giving orders from the coach's bench during the game.
This led to an awkward relationship between Fletcher and Rangnick, and while it is not uncommon in German football for sporting directors to sit on the sidelines with the manager, the Daily Telegraph said Thatck believed Fletcher should not overstep his bounds to direct the game and asked him to stop doing so. Fletcher even competes when there are not enough people in training! In United's 1-1 draw with Leicester City earlier this month, Fletcher also quarreled with Old Trafford fans, angrily shouting "who are you Temo".
Therefore, for Tenhag, the challenge of joining Manchester United is not only to manage the players in the locker room, but also the relationship between the coaching staff, which is also a problem.