Manchester United’s former manager Louis van Gaal tried to warn Erik ten Hag off a move to Old Trafford in the summer of 2022. “Manchester United are a commercial club, so it’s a difficult choice for a coach,” the Dutchman scoffed as he remembered his time at the helm. “He’d better go to a football club.”
This idea of United as nothing more than a vehicle for making their owners a profit each year has been a sticking point for fans since the Glazer family completed a leveraged takeover in 2005.
