Ten Hag: The Biography

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Sjoerd Overgoor was not optimistic when he found out Ten Hag would be his new head coach. The young midfielder was trying to make his way in the game after being released by Twente as a teenager. One of the men responsible for that decision? Ten Hag. I don't think he will be telling Cristiano Ronaldo what to do." 'How will he cope with English football?' An average player whose vocation lay in coaching, Ten Hag took Go Ahead Eagles to the Dutch top tier and helmed Bayern Munich’s second team under future Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, before returning home, first to Utrecht, then Ajax, the Manchester United of the Netherlands. The opportunity at Eagles was not an obvious one. This was a club that had been relegated from the Eredivisie in 1996 and stayed in the second tier for the subsequent 16 seasons. Standards had slipped, expectations had dipped. Ten Hag soon changed that. 'He changed the mentality at the club'

If the five-time Ballon d'Or winner's presence is headline news, his absence can dominate the agenda, distract and destabilise to alarming effect. The idiots in charge keep giving out those massive wages, because it's the only way to convince 'top' players to sign for little, non-achieving United.

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We don't care how or how much they sell for, we don't care what their salaries are, they don't deserve them. Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek explains the philosophy that new manager Erik ten Hag is attempting to instil within the team

According to the principles of positional play, Ajax wish to create as much space as possible in the center of the park to aid ball circulation by stretching the pitch as much as possible. The players will look to try to open up passing lanes for each other with their positioning. Donny van de Beek revealed how hard it is to break down the Ten Hag way on account of just how much it entails. "You can see it in the pressures, in our variations with building-up play, how we switch play, speed it up, keep the ball… It's so much, it's hard to explain." Twenty years on, you can see that he was right all along." 'He has built his career very carefully' Ten Hag might not nominate Sancho as an exemplar of the on-field consistency required, though he still has faith in a forward who could be deployed as a false nine given his ability to drop deep and run in behind, shown by his goal in the tour opener against Arsenal. In two seasons Sancho’s return is 12 goals and six assists from 79 appearances, so it seems fair to ask whether the coming campaign is make-or-break for the 23-year-old. By adhering to the principles of positional play, Erik ten Hag’s system focuses on creating numerous triangles and diamonds for the player with the ball along with numerical superiority around the ball zone. Players help each other to create better angles to pass the ball, as well as providing defensive solidity if play breaks down, by their positioning and focus on adding a spare man around the ball zone to build up fast and more vertically.

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a b McNulty, Phil (26 February 2023). "Manchester United 2–0 Newcastle United: Erik ten Hag's side win Carabao Cup for first trophy since 2017". BBC Sport . Retrieved 26 February 2023. It has been a good pre-season for several players that desperately needed it. United maintain patience over De Jong pursuit 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. 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.

Ten Hag has proved no Ronaldo is no problem among his early big wins in the job. Ten Hag era ushers in a wide-scale restructure of club Bruno Fernandes has welcomed Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag's 'strict' management style and clear philosophy Even though formations is just numbers for Erik ten Hag, we can split this season up in two. At the start of the 2021-2022 season, he set up his team in a fluid 4-2-3-1 formation with a double pivot who splits. Ten Hag was the unanimous choice of senior figures at Old Trafford after what is being said was a rigorous recruitment process, led by football director John Murtough and technical director Darren Fletcher, with new chief executive Richard Arnold engaged for the final stages. When Ajax is in possession, the two wingers, Dusan Tadic and Antony will stay wider, almost hugging the touchline. Whether the team is playing out of defence or the ball advances into the final third, at least one of the wingers will stretch play.It took a conversation to clear the air. "I asked him what I was doing wrong because he was always shouting at me. He told me that I was the sort of guy who was happy with 90 per cent but if I was angry I could give even more and would improve. Keep reading about my tactical analysis of Erik ten Hag’s Ajax tactics and the principles of play used by Erik ten Hag that works so wonderful for de Godenzonen. All in all, Ajax’s tactics DNA and football philosophy can only be described as Total Football 2.0! Ajax’s Formation & Shape Ten Hag, who took over as Ajax head coach since December 2017, led them to the league and cup double in 2018-19 and 2020-21. That was really impressive to me. It was something I had not seen before." Vriends agrees. "He had put this big glass window in just so that it made things more transparent, helping with communication. It is a little example of how he changed the thinking." 'He would talk us through tactical patterns'

However, Haller, who stands at 190cm, will of course be the main aim for a cross, as his jumping reach and physic in aerial situations will most likely beat his marker. So far, the former West Ham player have won 3.64 aerial situations per game in the Eredivisie, and 3.3 aerial duels won per game in the Champions League. The key to counter-press effectively is compactness and great balance despite players will interchanging positions. By decreasing the space between the players, and playing much more narrow, it’s easier to regain possession in the next stage. I have to respect the club and respect the player. Especially Harry Kane, I have huge respect because he is a great striker, one of the best ever. Maybe he can be the best striker ever in the Premier League.”

Ten Hag is married to Bianca. The couple have two daughters and a son. [30] Playing statistics Appearances and goals by club, season and competition