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6 Amazing Facts about Erik Ten Hag You Don’t Know
Pep Guardiola’s look-alike Ten Hag, 52, took over from interim head coach Ralf Rangnick.
Manchester United brought the curtain down on a torrid campaign by appointing Ajax manager Erik Ten Hag as their new, permanent manager. Now the real work starts!
There’s too much competition from good sides, and even the “small” teams like Crystal Palace and West Ham can challenge the traditional big six. I think he’s gonna get a very big wake up call facing Arsenal or Spurs, and even more so Chelsea, Liverpool, and City. I can’t see United qualifying for the UCL next season.
Here Are 6 Amazing Facts about Erik Ten Hag You Dont Know.
1. How will Manchester United play under Erik ten Hag?
Erik ten Hag will be the new Manchester United head coach, with the hope of implementing his slick free-flowing attacking play that made Ajax one of the most exciting teams in Europe.
When Ralf Ragnick was hired as the (interim) manager of Manchester United, everyone looked forward to an aggressive 4-3-3 formation. Ralf ended up reverting to the 4-5-1 formation that Ole had used previously (which was criticized by fans as being too conservative) ……
Whilst ten Hag has a view on how to play, he will most definitely be limited in his first few seasons by the personnel he has at his disposal.
2. Does Ten Hag work with Guardiola?
Man City tactician Pep Guardiola drafted in Erik Ten Hag while he was in charge of Bayern Munich to act as the German club’s reserve team manager. Speaking in 2019, Ten Hag said: “I learned a lot from Guardiola.
How old is Pep Guardiola?
Josep Pep Guardiola is 51 years (he was born on January 18, 1971); Erik Ten Hag too is 52 years old.
6 Amazing Facts about Erik Ten Hag You Don’t Know
Pep’s arrival at Manchester City and his success there has revolutionised this EPL league. We are seeing a new era of positional play dominance. We now have Pep, Tuchel, Potter, Arteta and Ten Hag in the PL. Exciting times for football fans ahead..
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Ten Hag’s “Possession with Purpose” style really appeals to fans, pulling players out of position and creating overloads. As a mix between the barca pep tiki taka and super direct pressing/counter play; it’s a great way to play the game.
3. What has Ten Hag won at Ajax?
Erik Ten Hag’s most successful spell as a football manager came with Ajax. He has recorded a 73.81% win with the Dutch club. In his four years with the side, ten Hag has managed 210 games, winning 155 of them and securing a goal difference total of +393. Ten Hag has won a couple Eredivisie titles and Johan Cruyff Shield with Ajax inclding making historic apparnces in the 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League semifinals.
Ten Hag also has the distinction of being the fastest coach to reach 100 wins in the Eredivisie, as he achieved the milestone in just 128 matches.
4. Ten Hag played as defender before retirement
Believe it or not, Erik Ten Hag was a defender. His height is 1.81 m and he weighs 75 kg.
Ten Hag played primarily as a centre-back for Twente, De Graafschap, RKC Waalwijk and Utrecht. He had three stints with Twente, with whom he won the KNVB Cup in the 2000–01 season.
Ten Hag also won the Eerste Divisie with De Graafschap in the 1990–91 season, ten years before winning the cup with Twente. He retired from active playing in 2002 at the age of 32 while playing for Twente, after the end of the 2001–02 Eredivisie season.
After spending two years in Germany, Ten Hag returned to Netherlands and took on the role of sporting director and head coach at FC Utrecht. When Ten Hag was a little boy, he loved to dance as much as play football. He attended the Dwars dance school in Haaksbergen
I think he will make Lindelof a really good centre back. Maguire has to go, Varane and Lindelof could be a solid partnership with the latter as the ball progresser and the former as the cover.
The most important thing for Ten Hag to have while he coaches Man United is a brickwall mentality to face the entire world’s expectations & critics, including from United’s former players. The rest is Ten Hag has to win the locker room, banish the toxic players and recruit world-class players with passion, hunger, and spirit to win for the badge.
5. Ten Hag’s managerial career spans over 10 years experience
In 2012, Ten Hag was appointed as manager of Go Ahead Eagles in the Eerste Divisie by Marc Overmars, who was a shareholder of the club. During his only season at Go Ahead Eagles, he led the team to its first promotion in 17 years.
Erik then coached Bayern Munich II from 6 June 2013 until 2015 when he was replaced by Heiko Vogel. His final match as Bayern Munich II head coach was a 1–0 loss to Nürnberg II on 22 May 2015.
6 Amazing Facts about Erik Ten Hag You Don’t Know
Ten Hag then became the sporting director and head coach of Utrecht in summer 2015, where he led the club to fifth place during his first season. In the 2016–17 season, he improved FC Utrecht’s final position to fourth, booking a place in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers.
Interesting Facts about Erik Ten Hag You Don’t Know: Ten Hag achievevments at Ajax
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One specific tactic of Ten Hag is: loading players on one side of the field and then quickly switching play on the other side to a free winger who’s got pace to burst forward quickly. That’s what good team like city, liverpool, real madrid do beautifully. Lets hope ten hag is able to implement the same philosophy at Man Utd.
Ten Hag manager stats 2021/2022 at AFC Ajax.
| Competition | Eredivisie |
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| Managed | 30 games |
| Won | 24 matches |
| Drawn | 3 |
| Lost | 3 |
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I have been saying this for weeks now. If United were under any other manager especially Southgate, they would be fighting for relegation right now. The problem at United is not Ten Hag but the players.
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Without him, look at Ajax now. And the media keep pushing their agenda to get Ten Hag sack and replace him with a much worse manager like Southgate. If Ten Hag is managing England right now, with the players they have, we won’t see such a passive football like we saw yesterday vs Brazil. Ask Liverpool fans, would they replace Klopp with Southgate? I rest my case.
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Liverpool only have themselves to blame for loss to Manchester United. Had to find a way to squeeze in the random Bruno slag off in between. Dude was dead on his feet at full time, and had to slot in to center back for the last 30 minutes.
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How come everybody seems to have forgotten that 2 of LFC’s goals were pure luck?
More shots, same shots on goal, higher goal expectancy. What is this narrative that Liverpool should have put this game away, if anything we should’ve put this game away! They had a good 20, 25 minute stint where they kept the ball in the second half, but did nothing with it, we deservedly won this game.
David de Gea is still without a club since leaving Manchester United this summer (Image: Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)
For Liverpool fans: don’t say that we lost to Manchester United because Jota Trent Alisson and jones didn’t play. We have to stop doing that every time a team loses a big game it’s very stupid because had you won, you wouldn’t be saying that. Don’t forget that when y’all drew 0-0 to them at home Trent Alisson and Jones started. Keep in mind how well they’ve been playing despite having lots of injuries they almost beat Manchester City’s full strength squad last week.
Also, you lose to Manchester United, 2 fringe players for them decided the game for them, Liverpool didn’t play well and a loss is a loss you have to accept it otherwise you’re a sole loser and are unwilling to take it.
It’s interesting how nothing much is said about the mistakes made by Liverpool, but all criticism is piled on Bruno; how supposedly poor he was.
Ten Hag claims United is moving in the right direction 👀 WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT?!
Every time he speaks after a dismal performance after the match I always sit there saying to myself “What on Earth are you talking about”.
The media trying so hard to get ETH sacked…..when liverpool had bad injuries with VVD out, y’all didnt have the same energy
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I can understand ETH saying positive things and coming off as “crazy” but if you have players who are weak minded and aren’t willing to fight, you can’t be tough cos they’ll cave and where does that leave you for the rest of the season?! Jason Sancho case in point. I rather come across as insane to the media but hope that I’m lifting the team enough to get a string of performances to save my job and give the fans at least something to cheer about until I can have a summer clear out.
Keane is a freaking legend but that approach with these weak players will kill them and ETH would lose the dressing room.
This man keeps dropping off bombs on and off the field..A gift that keeps on giving..Most delulu man on this green earth
What a GIFT! Hand him a 15 years contract and 5 years add ons
The problem for Utd in recruiting an elite manager in the Summer is that Liverpool, Bayern and Barca will also be looking for new managers.
From the moment I heard “A new era begins. .” from ETH. I knew it was the joke of the century. He has the guts to say it while Klopp/Guardiola are competing against each other by 1 point in the Primer league he acted like he can compete with them ro
