Man Utd 'close in' on deal for ten Hag as new manager
Manchester United players including Cristiano Ronaldo were all smiles in training after it emerged Erik ten Hag had agreed to take over at Old Trafford. The Ajax boss is poised to replace Ralf Rangnick at the end of the campaign. Yet though it’s been an underwhelming campaign for the Red Devils, members of the squad still seem to be in good spirits.
On Tuesday night, news broke that Ten Hag had verbally agreed to become United’s next manager.
And players training on Wednesday seemed to be delighted with the news as they were put through their paces by Rangnick at Carrington.
Ronaldo had a big smile in his face as the veteran got to work, despite the Portugal international being in the spotlight after allegedly breaking a young supporter’s phone in their 1-0 defeat to Everton on Saturday.
Rangnick also seemed to be in a good mood as the German oversaw the session.
Nemanja Matic appeared to be enjoying himself as he worked on his witness alongside Anthony Elanga and Victor Lindelof.
Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Eric Bailly, though, all had tense expressions as they looked to build up their fitness.
Man Utd star Cristiano Ronaldo looks happy after Erik ten Hag agrees to take job (Image: GETTY)
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Man Utd players have been put through their paces after Erik ten Hag agreement (Image: GETTY)
And Harry Kane and Declan Rice are targets for the Red Devils hierarchy, even if Tottenham and West Ham will demand big money to let them go.
Meanwhile, ahead of Ten Hag’s move to England, Rio Ferdinand has reacted to the news.
And he’s named four candidates he thinks should be under consideration to become the 52-year-old’s No 2.
"He’ll be having conversations," the former centre-back explained.
"He’ll be speaking to people like Rene (Meulensteen), Robin van Persie, Jaap Stam and Edwin van der Sar about what it is like at Manchester United.
Man Utd boss Ralf Rangnick seemed to be in good spirits after Erik ten Hag agreement (Image: GETTY)
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"I know the people who are there right now are working diligently to get a structure in place for the new manager and have a real good go at getting the right talent.
“It’s about that conversation with Ten Hag and the people that run the club on how the recruitment is done.
"The key conversation is who is that driven by?
"Is it the manager who’s incoming or the recruitment staff, saying ‘this is the player, this is the DNA’.
"These are the conversations I’m sure are happening."