Former Manchester United player Rio Ferdinand believes Erik ten Hag would be a good fit at the club after his success at Ajax.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is under huge pressure after their recent poor run of form – which includes humiliating defeats to Liverpool and Manchester City.
The Ajax manager has been brought up as a possible replacement for Solskjaer, though he hasn’t been as heavily touted as Zinedine Zidane or Brendan Rodgers.
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Ferdinand though believes the Dutchman’s success at Ajax shows he could fit in well at the theatre of dreams.
The former England centre-back told his FIVE Youtube channel: ‘For any manager coming in to a new club, it’s almost like you’ve got to show people why you’re there immediately.
‘I use Antonio Conte as a good reference point for that. Whenever he joins a new club, there is no negotiables and he tells them, “this is what’s happening, this is what I am – if you’re not with me you can go.”
‘I think that’s the type of attitude and the type of mentality that separates the good managers from the top managers.
‘You’ve got to be able to go in there and command a whole dressing room full of egos, big personalities, big characters. That’s the job of anyone coming in.
‘Now I don’t know Ten Hag personally but he’s doing a fantastic job at Ajax. ‘Let’s remember that Ajax isn’t a small club. They’re a massive club – the biggest club in Holland.
‘Yes, it’s different and the landscape is different but it’s still a huge club that he’s got to work with and the expectation levels there every day are to win.
‘That’s something that will be there every day and would be there if he was to come to Manchester United.
‘Anyone who comes in, they’ve got to be able to deal with people. That’s the art of a fantastic manager.’
