Erik ten Hag stresses importance of sporting director appointment amid Dan Ashworth rumours | 8RG9V43 | 2024-02-17 16:08:01
Erik ten Hag has welcomed Manchester United's rumoured interest in appointing a first-ever sporting director and believes the move can be massively useful.
The membership's new minority house owners, Ineos, are working to overhaul the behind-the-scenes structure at Previous Trafford and have set their sights on Newcastle's Dan Ashworth to steer the football aspect of affairs, notably recruitment.
Ashworth, who has previously labored at Brighton and the FA, is believed to be keen to make the move to United and the club now need to negotiate a compensation package deal with Newcastle.
Ten Hag has labored underneath comparable figures and buildings throughout his profession, with the absence of a sporting director at Previous Trafford one thing of an anomaly in trendy soccer, and he has welcomed any potential appointment if it benefits United.
'I'm working, I'm glad now, on this development and when things change they may tell me however in a membership as Manchester United you possibly can't do every thing alone, it's inconceivable, you want excellent individuals round you,' stated the Dutchman on Thursday.
'I am glad but a membership like Manchester United additionally need to look for higher, by no means be glad, good just isn't ok, all the time on the lookout for higher and all the time attempt to each day to do higher than the day before.
'I feel it is extremely essential you're on one page about soccer philosophy, about football techniques, concerning the profiles of the gamers you want in the group so it is rather essential to have excellent communication so that you get the best players.
'It is among the most necessary elements to develop a great workforce, that you've the proper players but in addition the correct characters.
'Meaning it's a must to do the fitting work and be aligned and it's an extended course of to get the fitting players in.'
Ten Hag has worked in jobs the place he has played an integral position in recruitment as well as others the place he was solely targeted on teaching, corresponding to at Ajax underneath Marc Overmars, and solely had minimal input on signings.
He continued: 'I've labored in a number of situations the place typically I used to be alone in cost, typically I had co-operation, so I've dealt with several conditions.
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'I feel it is so particular, especially on the top, and in addition so intense with the number of video games you need individuals round who're on the identical web page, engaged on the same targets to realize the high ambitions.'
Probed on whether or not he would have any enter on the appointment of United's new sporting director, he added: 'I don't know something about modifications. I speak with the new sporting organisation however it isn't up to me.
'I'm working and my focus point at this moment is on this staff. We plan in this development what we've got in the membership and for the longer term. We take a look and now the window closed in January we are engaged on the plans for the summer time.'
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