Manchester United is in talks with Ten Hague as he continues to look for a coach. The Ajax coach is one of many candidates on the shortlist to take over from interim coach Ralph Rangnick this summer. The Fiver: sign up and receive our daily football email. But the Dutchman, who was sacked by Manchester United after winning the FA Cup in May 2016, is not sure a move to Old Trafford would be wise for Ten Haag. “Eric Ten Hague is a great coach and that is always good for Manchester United,” Van Haal told a news conference ahead of Tuesday’s friendly between the Netherlands and Germany. “But Manchester United is a commercial club, so it is a difficult choice for a coach. It would be better to go to a football club. I am not going to advise him, he will call me himself. “But he has to choose a football club and not a commercial club.” Ten Haag was at the top job at Ajax for five seasons, winning the Eredivisie twice and leading the club to the 2019 Champions League semi-finals. Ajax leads the Eredivisie by two points but was eliminated from the Champions League by Benfica this year month despite the dominance of the occupation in both parts of the equality of 16. The current coach of Paris Saint-Germain, Mauricio Pochettino, the coach of Spain Luis Enrique and Julen Lopetegui of Seville have also been linked with the vacancy. Whoever succeeds Rangnik may need to oversee a season without Champions League football. United are four points behind fourth-placed Arsenal, having played one game more.
