After officially becoming United's manager for next season this week, the 52-year-old Eric Tenghag is busy with business, leading Ajax to at least four of his last five games to achieve a three-game streak in the Eredivisie, while also preparing to coach Manchester United. The first thing is to find a house, and Tenhag has the potential to become Guardiola's "noisy neighbor".
In the Eredivisie, Tenhag led the team to victory, leading Eindhoven by seven points in more matches, and getting closer and closer to winning the title. He revealed that the Ajax players are also very excited about him coaching Manchester United: "The players are happy for me, that's wonderful. I've worked in Ajax for many years and I've had a very close relationship."
The British "Sun" revealed that in the list for Manchester United's logistics team, Tenhag said he wanted to live in the heart of Manchester city, just like Manchester city manager Pep Guardiola. The two had intersected in Bayern Munich, and although they were a year older than Guardiola, Tenhag admitted he enjoyed working under the other side. The two have worked together for two years and are good friends.
Where the Manchester United boss lives is also a technical job, and Mourinho has been criticized for staying alone at the Laurie Hotel for a long time. The choice of the "rich second generation" Tenghag is as close as possible to the city center, but he does not live in a hotel and likes apartments. The Dutchman said it was a desire to get closer to the local culture and integrate into Manchester city as soon as possible, and he also wanted to hear more from local fans.
Manchester United staff are said to have made a list of candidate places to live, which includes a house next to a £2 million luxury villa in Guardiola. This area is very much in line with Tenhag's standards, located between Dinsgate and Salford, and only takes a few minutes to get to the city centre. Manchester City's Gundogan and Bernardo Silva also lived there.
After confirming the coaching of Manchester United, Tenhag was also asked how to manage the Red Devils' currently considered "toxic" dressing room, how to control the unruly stars. "I will tell them what the task is, and if anyone dares not complete it, no matter who it is, they will be punished by me." Tenhag said.
But Tenhag's vision of managing the locker room with an iron fist must be supported by the board, otherwise Mourinho is a negative teaching material. The Manchester United hierarchy is not a clear master, and recently, they are said to be dissatisfied with Lonnick's assessment that the club is six years behind Liverpool.
After United's crushing defeat to Liverpool, Lonnick said: "We had to accept the fact that Liverpool were 6 years ahead of us. If you compare their current squad with the line-up that Jurgen (Klopp) inherited that year, I remember that he only finished 8th in the Premier League in the first year and averaged 1.6 points per game, which is similar to what we have now, so United need to rebuild now. The result of this game shows that Manchester United must be restructured in a very drastic way."
However, United management is convinced that the club run by itself is not in as bad shape as Lonnick says it is and can be rebuilt very quickly.
As for Manchester United's performance this season, Tenhag said he would not comment. "I don't have any opinion on the results of the current game at United because I need to respect the people who are there now, I'm still the Ajax manager and I'll just comment on my own team. I've always focused on doing my job well, and other issues have nothing to do with me. You're always looking to the future, but right now my mind and energy are only on Ajax."