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Gary Neville claims both interim Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick and midfielder Donny van de Beek will be offering words of caution to Erik ten Hag over the Old Trafford job.
The Ajax boss is the clear frontrunner to succeed Rangnick after impressing in interviews with the club’s hierarchy and there were hopes an official announcement could be made before the end of the month.
But Ten Hag is believed to have asked for a number of assurances before accepting the United job, with Neville now worried that he may be having second thoughts – particularly if he has been speaking to former charge Van de Beek and Rangnick.
Speaking on the Gary Neville Podcast, he said: ‘I read this morning that Erik ten Hag wants all these demands met or else he won’t come to the club. You imagine [what will happen] if in the next week or 10 days they can’t get Ten Hag over the line because of what’s happening at the club and how bad the club is and the state that the club is in.
‘You look at what Manchester United are doing to players currently, there isn’t a player that has grown really. Look at what they did to Van de Beek, and if you’re Ten Hag I think you’re on the phone to Van de Beek and you’re asking, “What’s it like there Donny?” He isn’t going to be saying anything good, is he?
‘So I suspect that Ten Hag’s demands – not financial demands but control, recruitment, structure, youth – are about not being exposed to what other managers have been exposed to in this last 10 years.
‘And that may be too much for Manchester United, and I suspect they’ve got maybe a difficult week or two. I still think they may get it over the line, but the reports this morning were such that Erik ten Hag’s demands are maybe going above and beyond [what United will accept].’
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Source : metro
