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Isaac Johnson

Manchester United dressing room verdict on Erik ten Hag amid new footage of incoming boss

Here are your Manchester United evening headlines for Monday, April 25:

What the Manchester United dressing room has made of Erik ten Hag's appointment

Manchester United players are encouraged by the coaching credentials of Erik ten Hag after he was confirmed as the club’s next permanent manager.

But there is some concern around the dressing room as to whether he has the force of personality to turn United’s fortunes around, with morale at rock bottom after a disastrous season.

READ MORE: Manchester United can give Erik ten Hag four gifts for next season

Ten Hag was appointed the club’s next permanent manager last week and he will begin work in June after signing a three-year deal, but the task facing the 52-year-old is a sizeable one.

Read the full exclusive story here.

Ten Hag footage shows he is about to give United something they desperately need

The footage is nearly two-and-a-half years old but worthy of inclusion in the Erik ten Hag brochure the Manchester United decision-makers sifted through.

It is seven days before Christmas in 2019 and Ajax are playing in front of 5,000 fans at second-tier SC Telstar in the Dutch cup second round. Only 17 days earlier, Noa Lang became Ajax's first player in 60 years to score a hat-trick on their full league debut.

If Lang, 20 at the time, felt he was entitled to be cut some slack from his manager he was in for a shock.

Read what happened here

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