Erik ten Hag is a man on a mission. After a promising first year as Manchester United manager the Dutchman is determined to accelerate the process of reshaping his squad this summer.
In a transfer window likely to be defined by the need to balance the books and adhere to Financial Fair Play pressures, which restricted United to three cut-price loan deals in January, Ten Hag is going to demand he is backed again this summer.
It doesn’t feel like a coincidence that Ten Hag presided over Ajax’s three biggest transfer windows ever and then United’s most extravagant summer in his first year at the club. He is by no means a chequebook manager, but he is demanding of his recruitment department and has a habit of getting what he wants.
