TEN OUT OF TEN

Erik ten Hag is a man in demand. The Ajax coach is one of the leading contenders to take the manager’s job at Manchester United this summer, having already been considered among the main candidates when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked last autumn. Then he decided to stay with the Amsterdam club, just as he did when the national team came knocking with the chance to succeed Frank de Boer.

But this time, things could be different. Ajax are in turmoil: director and close friend Marc Overmars resigned after sending a series of “inappropriate messages” to female colleagues, thereby increasing speculation that Ten Hag won’t stay in Amsterdam until the summer of 2023, when his current contract expires. The two