Do you think Erik ten Hag will be willing and happy to work in a new structure at Manchester United, more like the one had at Ajax? It's absolutely the right thing for United to do and for some reason there's not much discussion about this question when it comes to Ten Hag's future at the club.

As a life long Ajax supporter, and someone who's been following Man United closely since you got Ten Hag. I think you're looking at it in a wrong way. Hes not a scout, nor a Sporting director. Most of the Ajax transfers that were "his" transfers weren't amazing, like Labyad or Klaiber. But he was really close with Overmars, our sporting director at the time, they were talking almost daily about the squad, what (kind of) players needed to be sold or needed to be brought in and he had a massive say in that proces. However it was not his responsibility. Hes a total control freak, he wants to have complete knowledge of whats going on at the club at pretty much all levels. But when he trusts the people in charge of those other departments hes completely fine with them making important decisions. Pretty much all staff/directors, etc who've worked with him, speak very highly on him. He doesnt want power over everything. He just wants to make sure its done correctly and wants a say in it. If he thinks Ashworth and INEOS are great, then I doubt he'll care about them taking away some of his power. He cares about winning, not power.

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He said already he will have no problem publicly. He loves the club see the interview with rio. Back the guy

If Erik was out there as an option, he would 100% be at the top of our list to replace whichever manager we would have... INEOS are not stupid; they know they already have the right man for the job... they will give him a chance to prove himself with proper backing and a proper structure upstairs then judge his abilities.

This qn was asked when Man Utd started talking to Dan Ashworth and he answered in the positive clearly stating that he is comfortable working in the set up.

I started loving him when he was knocking the big teams out of champions league, way back at ajax.and he is my lovely coach ❤❤

The answer is yes mate…. He has had to deal with so much BS off field… I’m sure he would appreciate a bit of decentralization so that he has more focus on just his philosophy on the pitch.

I'm sure ETH will be more than happy with the new structure. He'll no longer be working with the CEO on transfers, he'll now have a proper scouting & recruitment team above him who he will WORK WITH on transfers.

He doesn’t seem to be too egotistical unlike some other managers. Think he’ll be okay with handing over the reins if he thinks there are competent people in place.

Assuming ETH has problem with it seems ridiculous to me, he worked in Ajax, and the man said himself in a interview that he is fine to work with other in transfer issue. He just need to be a part in the conversation, some Dutch fans pointed out that English media twisted the word in to ETH wants to control the transfer.

ETH had a four hour meeting with the owners. If he wasn't staying, it would've been 4 minutes.

Top content as always Sam. Definitely the best United fan channel BY FAR. Lots of love from Sydney

Ten Hag is literally the most talented manager in the world and his fellow managers know it, but the the fans and media don't. They think he has time to worry about his job. Bayern will take him in a heartbeat, they know how good he is.

Ten Hag did work with DOF at Ajax. i dont see why not in united. yes he said he need control but not absolute control. i think what he want is for his opinion to be respected. As long as INEOS does that, he is willing to cooperate.

Let's give this dude a time he become the best if he got a time we don't need any manager at all

Thnx for talking about that Sam! Good Job!

He had the same system at Ajax.

No Sam, the fundamental question needs to be answered first: what's the playing style and what qualifies EtH? Only then EtH can clarify if he would accept a coach position.

I feel like Erik would be glad to have the same type of backing that he had at Ajax which brought him success in the Netherlands and could maybe bring that same level of success or even more at Manchester United

I think we'd be naive to believe these conversations haven't already taken place and decisions made. Maybe not over every aspect, but certainly a clear vision of what's expected going into the next season.

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I have a feeling ten Hag demanded more power when he was appointed because 1. His stock was high 2. He didn't trust United's technical team

I think Eric is a clever guy and that clause was in there for the former structure , he will comply and work with them i hope.

It's perfectly fine. I agree with you that he can then focus on managing the boys to make sure they achieve what is expected of them by the management and fans. He has a good playing style and needs better players. The management can take care of recruitment and even sometimes insist on specific players being bought, but then it is their job to let those players know that they will have to adapt to the system and cannot play as individuals. No player can be above the system. The rest Ten Hag should not even want to bother with.

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With out watchung the vid . Ten Hag is briljant in nurturing talent so probably that

In as much as reducing Erik ten Hag's role to just a coach is the modern way of doing things, I doubt any head coach survives United if they have no power at all. The structure has to be 100% behind the manager for it to work at United, and not appear to overlook the coache's views.

Pretty sure he did an interview on this saying the new structure is good

Maybe he set requirements because Joel Glazer was playing football manager at the top of the chain? Saying that I do think signings should be based on player profiles and not be anyone in ETH’s phone book or most expensive available signings. I think he won't have any issues working with a structure, especially dealing with player issues, those things can be outsourced to Dan Ashworth and others. ETH can instead focus on squad building and training young players or evening scouting and guiding young Academy players if he wants.

He should stay for next season the very least.. no point to make another change in the structure at the minute

I Think he might take the lesser role Sam and focus on the team but then again SJR will make that decision! :) Good video m8 Hope ur doing well bro 🤙🏻

Of course hell be willing to work in the structure. He clearly meant that he doesn't want playwrs juat bought for him and I'd hope this new structure wouldn't do that. The process should be the manager identifies areas of the squad hed like strengthening, the recruitment team work to bring in players in those positions, then the manager gets final say over the player thats signed

No ones talking about it because he's already worked under the system and has basically stated, more than once, that he's looking fwd to having it again and co operating with the new regime.

I think he'll work with sir Jim ratcliffe and Ineos even if he has to give up certain things and power. Great video Sam

Eric said this as a condition to the old united board because they have no structure but now we have something in the building of a new united it will be more of team work and staffs doing there thing

I personally think his requirements were set in place specifically because of the non-existing structure and Glazers. The guy surely had some insight of what he was walking into, so he wanted to tackle it having as much power as possible. Can't blame him, even though it did not turn out the best way necessarily. With competent people, if he deems new structure as such, I am sure we will gladly cooperate.

During the weekend it was reported that we are planning with Ten Hag for the future of the club

Great question...Undoubtedly he was at his best with the Ajax set-up, I would give him another year based on that reminder! In theory, he should absolutely thrive as should the team! IF it was just the Glazers suggesting this? Nope! Now he has support and help? I think so. Brilliant 'question!'

I think ETH will be happy to delegate recruitment/scouting/academy-promotion providing he has a say (ie can veto) any player recommendations that he does not want. I find it impossible to understand how a first team coach/manager can select/develop a squad in any unbiased way if there are players in that squad that he does not want. But this would be a prerequisite IMO for a first team coach at any club, not just Man Utd.

Love the videos, and the effort is commendable. But we don't need to mention or peddle narratives about EtH's future. Not now. Ofc he'll work under Ineos, the United job is the job of his career, its only downward from here. He's done it before, he'll do it with us.

He wanted control because Joel was calling the shots. But with a proper recruitment structure he can focus on what he does best.

Sam I usually agree with most of what you say, but at 1:50 you say the Fergie model will not work in modern football. I've thought about it a lot this season and came to a conclusion that even though the model itself might not work for other clubs, but that United might be the only club where the Fergie model does and SHOULD be the way forward. This fanbase is too large, with so many opinions and unparalleled pressure, it takes the absolute best of the best to stay on their feet and run the club. Of course you need people in the background, but 1 thing that made United magical as well is seeing top managers develop themselves at a club like this. The pressure is absolutely unreal, so seeing the way 1 authoritarian man runs the whole operation had something great about it. It might seem like a good idea today, but I do think later down the line we'll really miss it. I always believed we are the only club that should be ran differently than any other club in the world, because we're not like them.

I believe it will be fine, so long as they all get on & trust each other. Also, EtH Never said he did not want to meet Ragnick!!! It was Murtough stopped speaking to Ragnick from Feb onwards - the Glazers & board fell out with him & did not want him to cloud EtH's mind before he judged the players for himself. Its a massive shame as the players Ragnick had outlined would've made us a much better team and for a third of the cost. Ce La Vie.

To me he won't leave @ all ok it's a good thing for him now less pressure I can assure you on tht 1

There were videos like this one with title "Will Ten Hag accept Man United job, without Sporting Director set up?" before he signed with the club. He worked the best in that kind of set up with VDS taking care of the club and Overmars of transfers. Of course as a menager you have a vote, suggestion or veto when signing players. I don't think he would be happy for Glazers to sign players without his say. But this is different. Also, Ragnick hasn't left because of EtH, he was the one suggesting him for the job. Ragnick left because of job at Austria national team, and because he pissed off Glazers and few players with his press conferences.

I would imagine the short answer is "yes". And the way to achieve that in a way that suits everyone is to offer him a new contract which puts him into a head coach role vs a Ferguson style manager role. If both parties aren't up for that then we'll have to pay him off (sack him).

The changes should be in place by now ready for the summer

You ask a very good one Sam, he is a stubborn b......, but I don't think he'd leave because of it. He endured too much to leave; that is if they don't replace him. If he wants 2 c it thru, he'd need 2 compromise 4 the 1st time & put the project above himself. Nice one mate

I think he will as long as he believes that the structure will be of a standard he is happy to work with.

Ten hag will be involved in transfers , but he will also get the assistance from ashworth and berrada so with less risk he will be able to play the way he wants

I always took control over transfers to mean the club don’t refuse to sell a player he wants out, and don’t buy players he doesn’t want. Because that’s what happened to previous United managers before him. He’d been warned about it by the likes of van gaal and wouldn’t take the job under such conditions. He’s a modern European manager, so will want an ajax type structure. But any such structure has cooperation and agreement with the manager on players in and out. They aren’t dictated. The media are painting the narrative the manager will have no say under ratcliffe, which would be a terrible structure. I can’t believe that’s what ratcliffe actually wants, and it’s not what ashworth has done at any club he’s been at. All that statement says is ratcliffe wants the manager to focus on managing and coaching the first team department only, and as such will surely involve influence over the players within that department. It will be the ajax/Liverpool/city model, with cooperation and agreement between manager and sporting director. This is just the media tryout to create a black and white sense of conflict for narrative purposes, as they always do because that drives engagement and emotion.

I really don't understand why people believe that having such things as sporting directors and CEO's in charge of recruitment is gonna work any better than having the sitting manager doing the job. There have been numerous cases abroad where this kind of arrangement has failed with one "side" blaming the other when it goes wrong. And how likely is it that all will agree on who comes in and which players leave? Yes,it might work on occasions but for everyone concerned to dovetail and agree seems to me to be far more unlikely then likely to happen. The manager HAS to be the guy in overall command and if he isn't then trouble will surely follow. Whether this manager is the right guy to take the club forwards is another matter entirely but throwing the baby out with the bathwater does not seem to me to be the right way forwards.

I think he needs the right guy around him. Overmars was a genius in connecting the players. Look at the interviews.

I think of course he will be willing to work under a system that’ll help him. I think he just wants A say, not THE say, like he had at Ajax. It’ll be EtH next season, I’m pretty sure…

I don't see no reason why Ten Hag wouldn't give up his power & work under a proper footballing structure that'll use their expertise in recruiting players. He worked well at Ajax under the same kinda structure & with United getting their house in order I think Ten Hag will work wonders. I think the why reason why Ten Hag had so much power to begin with is cause he didn't trust those that were running the club which is understandable. Now he's seeing the people Sir Jim is bringing in it'll allow him to focus solely on coaching the squad knowing he's got very capable people above him to run the club how it should be run

When Erik said big changes are coming i believe he is also talking about himself and working under the new structure.

SJR said the "environment" was the problem... That's why INEOS started with restructuring above the manager role... Sacking him will be unfortunate since i see EtH winning everything once he has what he needs...

I think we United Family Should give him another year.

I support the manager ETH❤❤❤

The guys done well with what he has avilable. The only person ratcliffe should be asking for his opinion is sir alex

I’m sure ten Hag must have been quite horrified initially by the chaos at United when he first joined. And I’m sure he would be happy and even relieved that there are people who can take over some of his duties as long as he is sure they are competent and people he can work with.

he want a control which type of players but is withe very players there must be commuication but he should not do full technical manager role more control of the team. is total package

I wonder are you looking at it from the right angle. If you consider tH background he would have been familiar with what INEOS are trying to introduce. When he got to UTD. he discovered how dire our set up was and saw the need to take all responsibility away from the idiots for the good of the club and the teams. I think he will happily relinquish power to people who know what they are doing.

Please Mr Eric ten hag stay with Man United I love our manager

Yes considering he managed Ajax that had a complete structure and system in place. I'm sure when great people are in the right positions he will accept his role.

Tough 1 this 2 call so let's see what' happens 💯👀

People are so blind about what he has done. ETH with an organized structure he will make this team very lethal and dangerous

it'll be easier for ETH to determine what kind of players he wants to recruit both mature and youth players....

If Berrada and Ashworth have proper sit-downs with ETH and share their opinions based on real data, proper scouting methods and a playing style and path that ETH can meet them halfway with/agrees with, then I don't see a problem. The remarks by Ratcliffe may have been taken way out of context. I would think communication and proper dialogue are being had every single day between all parties. ETH can thrive with the proper structure around him like you've said many times in previous videos before. I think that's being built around him.

the thing is, certain fans and media will continue to demand immediate results even though it will take seasons to see real change under the new structure, regardless of who is the manager

EtH is not a man of absolutes. His previous interviews on the issue are quite clear. He is able and willing to work in such a set up. Should INEOS think differently, that would be the biggest error in judgement from their side. Quite clearly in my view, EtH is the single best thing that has happened to Man Utd in the last decade. Give him the support and he will deliver.

Yes he will

I think he would be better suited for a different position instead of being laid off as he has the potential to lead us into the future.

I think Ten Hag will be willing to give up some power. You have to remember that Ten Hag put in those terms to give himself the best chance of succeeding under the Glazers. Now we have a better structure and competent guys making decisions where Ten Hag should be able to have more faith in the people around him.

I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he just wanted the control initially when he came to the club because he knew how United used to operate, making marquee signings to boost stock, sales, etc. But I don't think ETH would have any problems operating in a proper structure. I mean, if there is a disagreement about whether a player is suitable or not then it probably means that everybody doesn't have their ducks in a row, or someone involved in the process is clueless; but with intelligent and knowledgeable people in place I don't think there would be very many disagreements, and if there are any then they would be minor. For example if we were signing Sancho this summer, and we know what we know now, then I couldn't see Berrada, Ashworth and ETH disagreeing about him, because he might be a good player but they'd all be smart enough to know how much trouble he was going to be. And the same if it was Ronaldo. But when you have a clueless banker in charge he's going to overrule the manager, because he would be looking at the business side of it. But thankfully those days seem to be gone.

think he needs to accept the new role and focus on pitch issues

He'll be fine with it as long as he's smart enough(which i know he is) to realise that even Pep Guardiola wouldn't have succeeded at Barca nor at City if he had to do everything like SAF.

Of course Erik is willing to do that, Without a doubt.

This question HAS been asked. Answer: obviously he has to - and it IS power of veto. And even if they fire him he gets 10M for that 3rd year he signed for.

Ineos would be in breach of Ten Hag's contract, before he agreed to join the club, he wanted certain control of some areas of his football operation and if they push ahead with this and he resigns, that is constructive dismissal.

ETH will be happy with this new structure because he was at his best with a similar setup at ajax

Every big club has that structure now, so if he left for that reason, he'd still end up in the same kind of role elsewhere anyway 😅

I don't agree that this would be a reduced roll at Man U but rather a more football focused roll. ETH must surely realise that the authority he had has not worked. I think he'll stay.

I also don't think recruitment will go away from him they will have to consult from him

He will because even if he doesn’t want the new role, he had an awful season and would want to atleast have 5yrs of success at United before he walks

Mark Goldbrige said that numerous of times😅

Surely what you are talking about has already been resolved behind the scenes. Ten Haag knows what Ineos are about, and Ineos will be fully aware of Ten Haag's original statement when he arrived. If Ten Haag's aim is to stubbornly stick to his guns, then he'd be gone already. Utd can't be messing about. A lot of big clubs are in for new managers this summer. Utd would be aggressively hunting for a new manager now if Ten Haag wasn't for adapting to the Ineos way. As far as I'm aware utd aren't aggressively looking for a replacement, which tells you a lot about Ten Haag's future.

I think he will stay if he is allowed to be the tracksuit manager providing he has the choice of the players he wants.

Let's see if Ten Hag softens his power on recruitment or not.

The example from Holland doesn't hold true here as Erik is not a British citizen. United are sponsoring his work visa, he is employed here and is in the country due to this reason. He needs to agree otherwise they will certainly get their man in. The UK is facing record unemployment, surely hiring a local isn't illogical.

ETH knows he is now at the biggest club he will ever manage so he will adapt his role to remain at the club I am sure

ETH still needs to stay next season, let him keep continue doing his job..

Honestly this is a silly question cause he worked under a structure at Ajax and had no issue whatsoever. He has commented on how he was shocked at the lack of structure at United and he has said he is willing to work under a new structure

ETH worked under a structure at Ajax, so I think he’d do the same here.

I Think he would. But i also think it would be stupid for him not to do.

I think he will accept the new changes you don't walk away from a United job.

He has to accept, ten hag is no sir alex. Even pep is not a manager, he is head coach. He has spent 400 millions , you can build winning squad in that money. U dont need billion to win trophies and those who think that are idiots.

Another questioned not asked: will he want to stay, or will some other club have seen what he can do and lure him away in the summer? Plenty candidates.