Erik ten Hag was a teenager when one of his best friends was killed in the air crash that claimed the lives of 15 Surinamese footballers.
Almost 33 years later, it’s a tragedy that still haunts the man who will become the next manager of Manchester United.
Ten Hag was a promising central defender just six months away from following Andy Scharmin into the first team of FC Twente, when the 21-year-old left-back was one of the 178 souls lost when a flight from Amsterdam came down on its approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij Airport outside the Suriname capital.
