For 1993–94 UEFA Cup: Ionescu, Romeo (2004). The Complete Results & Line-ups of the UEFA Cup 1991–2004. Cleethorpes: Soccer Books. p.54. ISBN 978-1-86223-115-3. He does a lot of repetition. That was almost a problem for him in the beginning at Utrecht and Ajax. He trained them very hard and very long to get his philosophy into the players. That takes hours. The Utrecht and Ajax players were not used to that.

Watch highlights as Erik ten Hag gets life as Manchester United manager off to a winning start with a 4-0 thrashing of Liverpool in Bangkok. All of Man Utd’s tour games are available to watch on MUTV, Sky Channel 418. In the Champions League, no other have made more progressive passesthan Danny Blind (69). Behind him you have Lisandro Martinez (63) while the next Ajax player on the list is found on 8th place with 47 progressive passes (Nassouri Mazraoui).Fernandes told Sky Sports News the manager is "very easy to talk to" and the squad have noticed that he is not playing favourites and selection comes on merit from executing his demands. The flagging of mistakes has become a staple post-match and United's only disappointing half of the tour - the "unacceptable" second 45 in their final outing against Aston Villa in Perth - earned a dressing down from the manager.

That style was 4-3-3. "Like at Ajax," adds Overgoor. "Sometimes he made changes at half-time but nothing weird. Maybe one midfielder had to come 10 metres deeper to gain more ball possession. That is his big quality. He knows how to change it to become better." 'He was able to keep the whole squad happy' At the end of that season, there were celebrations on the pitch and in the stands as the club's 17-year wait to play in the Eredivisie would soon be at an end. Nobody there was in any doubt about the identity of the man who had been the main factor in that success. McNulty, Phil (22 August 2022). "Manchester United 2–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport . Retrieved 22 August 2022.

There are only a few Dutch coaches who have been at the biggest clubs in the world like Manchester United. Louis van Gaal was there, Leo Beenhakker and Guus Hiddink at Real Madrid, Johan Cruyff and Ronald Koeman at Barcelona. This is the level we are talking. In the end, these runs will cause chaos, and they will disrupt their organization! D. Playing between the lines All in all, it combines the best of two worlds: total control in possession and high pressing. Hard to break down for the opposition team in possession and hard to defend against out of possession. We did a lot of ball work, but a few times in the afternoon we would have to run in the woods in groups. He would say that we had to run a certain distance in two minutes. We wanted to prove ourselves to him so our group did it in one minute and 50 seconds.