Erik ten Hag is out of work after being fired from Manchester United a few weeks ago and the 54-year-old coach is already linked to his job as manager of the Netherlands.
But according to Eredivisie coaching legend Aad de Mos, the KNVB, the Dutch federation, should not consider this. The former manager believes that Ten Hag did not show enough at Man Utd to justify a potential successor for Ronald Koeman given that there are better options.
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It is not yet clear where Ten Hag’s future lies. Despite being recently sacked, he was already mentioned as an option for AS Roma and Borussia Dortmund. The former club eventually chose Claudio Ranieri, while Nuri Sahin is still at the helm in Germany.
Naturally, due to Ten Hag’s track record in the Netherlands, he has also been proposed as the (future) manager of the Oranje. However, not everyone is convinced that this would be a good choice.
Two-time Eredivisie champion Aad de Mos believes that Ten Hag is not suitable for the position of national team coach for the Netherlands. “I think with Koeman, we have a coach who is doing reasonably well,” the 77-year-old told Soccernews.
“Ten Hag has not built up so much honour that he should now be considered for the position of national team coach. Ten Hag showed almost nothing at Man Utd!
“He was able to buy players for 600 million euros, but he made a lot of wrong choices. You should never bring so many Dutch players and players from your old employer to your club.
“The Eredivisie is of course a different level than the Premier League. He made himself vulnerable by only using this old network.”
De Mos was also not impressed with the football Ten Hag played at Man Utd. “The football was not worth watching. He was number 14 in the league and couldn’t beat FC Twente in Europe,” he thundered.
The former Ajax boss believes there are better options out there. “I think that you should rather end up with Arne Slot when it comes to national team coach.
“Slot doesn’t even need to be fired for that, but as a possible double role. [Michael] Reiziger is also doing fantastically [with the Dutch U21s]. You can also move him to the big Orange.”
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