When Go Ahead Eagles appointed Erik ten Hag as manager in 2012, the players did not know what to expect from a young coach who was taking his first job in management, but it was a calculated risk from a club in the second tier of Dutch football.
Ten Hag won promotion in his first season as a manager and his strict approach, obsessive nature and forward-thinking tactics were behind that unlikely success, which saw Go Ahead Eagles promoted for the first time in almost 20 years.
Sjoerd Overgoor, who started every match in that campaign, told the Manchester Evening News in October that Ten Hag was 'crazy', but that he was undoubtedly the best coach he'd worked under and that he needed time to succeed at Old Trafford.
