A friend of Erik ten Hag’s has taken aim at Marcelo Bielsa’s use of a translator in an interview following the Dutchman’s announcement as the new Manchester United manager. It was confirmed that he will be taking over from Ralf Rangnick in the summer after the Red Devils and Ajax agreed on a compensation package.
The ongoing fire between Manchester United and Leeds United has already been stoked by one of Ten Hag’s friends prior to his arrival in England. In an interview with our sister site the Manchester Evening News, Leon ten Voorde made the claim that English is a well spoken language in the Netherlands.
"He is always himself. Not a man who will seek the spotlight," he said. "It [media scrutiny]'s part of it. The English media landscape cannot be compared with the Netherlands. We stick to the game itself.
