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Erik ten Hag modified the time of his press convention forward of tonight’s conflict together with his “former huge love” to assist out Dutch journalists.
The Manchester United supervisor agreed to carry the occasion ahead by 5 and a half hours so the Dutch journalists in attendance had time to make it to Outdated Trafford to listen to what FC Twente boss Joseph Oosting needed to say, as reported by The Daily Mail.
Ten Hag was initially scheduled to face the media after coaching at Carrington at 4.30pm, with Oosting set to subject questions at Outdated Trafford at 5.15pm.
However in a present of Dutch solidarity, Ten Hag and the membership have been blissful to accommodate a UEFA request to carry the press convention ahead to 11.00am, the place he referred to as tonight’s opposition his “former big love”.
United face FC Twente in a aggressive recreation for the primary time of their historical past as they kick off their Europa League marketing campaign on residence turf.
The match guarantees to be an emotional one for Ten Hag, who performed for the Enschede membership 234 instances throughout three spells earlier than starting his teaching profession within the Twente academy.
The 54-year-old tactician is open about his ongoing assist for the membership, telling the Manchester United website that “of all of the groups, Twente is the crew that I comply with most”.
And whereas he admits he would relatively be dealing with another person, he left followers in little doubt as to his method to tonight’s recreation: “It’s not good to have to harm one thing you’re keen on.”
In some ways the United supervisor is nearly as outlined by his previous and background as he’s by his current.
He has spent huge on reuniting with gamers he has labored with earlier than at Ajax, with the summer season additions of Noussair Mazraoui and Matthijs de Ligt bringing that quantity as much as 5.
They joined up with fellow Ajax alumni Lisandro Martinez, Andre Onana and Antony who arrived within the Dutchman’s first two seasons.
He even harked again to his Twente days for teaching workers, reuniting with Steve McClaren earlier than the previous England supervisor departed to tackle the Jamaican nationwide crew job this summer season.
Ten Hag’s obvious desire for fellow Dutchmen has additionally not gone unnoticed. His first signing for the membership was younger Netherlands left-back Tyrell Malacia, and he additionally introduced in Joshua Zirkzee in assault within the current switch window.
He has surrounded himself with compatriots within the dugout too, with United legend Ruud van Nistelrooy and former Twente supervisor René Hake becoming a member of as assistant managers and Jelle ten Rouwelaar appointed first-team goalkeeping coach earlier this yr.
