Dutch coach Ten Hag at the gates of Manchester United

British media reports said in the past few hours that Manchester United is close to finalizing the contract with Ajax Amsterdam coach Erik ten Hag to supervise him from next season, which closes the door to the arrival of Argentine Mauricio Pochettino.

And both the BBC and the Daily Mail claimed that the Red Devils' board believes that the 52-year-old Dutch coach is the right person to take over the management of the team looking to restore what it was during the era of the legendary Scottish coach, Sir Alex. Ferguson.

And the "Daily Mail" reported that United held talks with Ajax at the end of last week about the terms under which Ten Hag could leave the Dutch club.

Ten Hag's contract expires at the end of next season and will cost United about 1.6 million pounds ($2.1 million) to be able to get his services next summer, much less than Paris Saint-Germain can demand to allow Pochettino to leave.

But the position of the Argentine coach in the French capital club is not guaranteed after the Qatari administration’s dream of winning the first title in the European Champions League by leaving the final price at the hands of Real Madrid has been postponed.

And British media had previously claimed that United had interviewed Ten Hag, whose team Ajax was denied access to the 2019 European Champions League final at the deadly time, at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur, led by Pochettino at the time.

And the newspaper “The Independent” reported that Ten Hag told United’s director of football John Murtaugh and technical director Darren Fletcher that he envisioned a “five-year project”, and also talked about the future of many members of the current team, considering that they are far from “the level of the Champions League.” ".

Both the BBC and the Daily Mail said that United will delay the announcement of the contract with Ten Hag out of respect for Ajax, who are fighting for the Eredivisie title with PSV Eindhoven, where they are ahead of the latter by four points.

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