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Colin Millar

"You have to be careful!" Erik ten Hag's coaching advice to legend Johan Cruyff at age 13

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has impressed in the Old Trafford dugout this season and video footage of the Dutchman, then aged 13, has proven he was always destined for top-level management.

Despite his tender years, Ten Hag was not shy in giving coaching advice to football icon Johan Cruyff. Ten Hag, who was then a youth-team player at FC Twente, was part of a panel of teenagers afforded the opportunity to speak to the Ajax and Barcelona legend on Dutch TV show Cruyff & co .

Ten Hag was appointed United boss last year to continue a coaching career which had already spanned a decade, and was most famed for his success at Ajax. Now aged 52, Ten Hag won three Eredivisie titles with the Amsterdam giants and guiding them to the Champions League final four in 2019.

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