Manchester United Have Competition To Sign Erik Ten Hag

Manchester United have competition for Erik ten Hag, with the Ajax manager reportedly receiving an 'excellent' offer to be manager from a Bundesliga club.

Ten Hag seems to have jumped ahead of Mauricio Pochettino to become the favourite to take charge at Old Trafford next season, as the club's latest permanent manager.

The current Ajax boss is said to have agreed terms with the Premier League side, although there is no official confirmation or compensation agreed with his current club.

Ajax even barred English journalists from attending their manager's press conferences earlier this week, to try and cut down on the amount of questions about his potential future job.

Now it seems that they could be banning some German journalists too, with Ten Hag having received an offer from the Bundesliga.

According to both De Telegraaf and AD, RB Leipzig have sent an 'excellent' multi year offer for the former Bayern Munich II boss to join them.

The report also adds that Leipzig, who United's current interim boss Ralf Rangnick used to manage, are ready to pay the €2 million compensation that the Dutch side want to allow their manager to leave.

United are also ready to meet the asking price, with Pochettino's much higher price one of the reasons he isn't first choice, but Leipzig are clearly active competitors for the manager's signature.

Domenico Tedesco took over at Leipzig in November, with the club in the bottom half, after now Leeds United boss Jesse Marsch failed to replace Julian Nagelsmann.

The team are now in fourth place in the German top tier and look like they could qualify for next season's Champions League.

Clearly they believe that Ten Hag is the right man to take them forward, considering his record in Europe, where he took Ajax to within a minute of the final in 2019, and his ability to work with young players.

United's most recent poor result saw them lose to relegation battling Everton on Saturday, with Anthony Gordon scoring the only goal of the game.

As well as really annoying Cristiano Ronaldo, the result makes it extremely unlikely that they'll finish in the top four and be in the Champions League next season.

Perhaps Leipzig is a better role for Ten Hag, that would be the latest embarrassment at Old Trafford in the last nine years since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.

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Topics: Manchester United, Erik ten Hag, Eredivisie, Premier League, Ajax, RB Leipzig

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