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Former Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has been linked with a “shock return” to Holland to take over Feyenoord after the Dutch facet dismissed their supervisor on Monday.
Feyenoord are at present languished in fifth place within the Eredivisie, 12 factors adrift of Ajax – who Ten Hag beforehand managed.
The membership had appointed Brian Priske in the summertime to switch Arne Slot, who took over from Jurgen Klopp at Anfield with Liverpool now comfortably atop the Premier League desk.
Nevertheless, the hole between Feyenoord and bitter rivals Ajax proved an excessive amount of after a 2-1 defeat two weeks in the past was adopted by a 2-0 loss to PSV Eindhoven within the cup.
And regardless of successful 3-0 on Saturday in opposition to Sparta Rotterdam, Priske was given his marching orders on Monday.
Dutch publication AD (as relayed by the Manchester Evening News) revealed Ten Hag is one title in rivalry to take over at Feyenoord with the Dutch supervisor’s spectacular document at Ajax nonetheless recent, regardless of his finally unsuccessful transfer to England.
Ten Hag gained a Carabao Cup and an FA Cup in back-to-back campaigns as Purple Devils boss however was dismissed in his third season after the chaotic tactical points which plagued his second yr continued to floor.
INEOS, who had chosen to increase the 55-year-old’s contract by a twelve months after conducting a complete end-of-season evaluate over the summer season, determined to tug the set off with the workforce languished thirteenth within the Premier League.
Ruben Amorim was chosen as Ten Hag’s alternative with the 39-year-old coach swapping Lisbon for Manchester in November, bringing with him his complete teaching workers from Sporting CP.
Apparently, Rene Hake – a Dutch coach who joined Ten Hag’s workforce as an assistant supervisor in the summertime however was proven the door on the identical as his compatriot – can also be named as a candidate for the vacant position at Feyenoord.
The report concedes it “stays unsure” whether or not Ten Hag would “entertain” such a proposal, given his reference to Ajax and the actual fact the transition from United to Feyenoord could be a substantial downgrade.
The 55-year-old had been linked with a switch to Borussia Dortmund after Nuri Sahin was sacked however the German facet selected to nominate Nico Kovac as a substitute, with Ten Hag believed to be waiting until the summer to select his subsequent profession transfer.
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