Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has offered up his advice to Tyrell Malacia, urging him to make the right choices while on loan at PSV Eindhoven.
The Dutchman [has been speaking to Voetbal International](https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/in-dit-aspect-kan-malacia-zich-volgens-ten-hag-nog-verbeteren-bij-psv) about the defender, who is spending the rest of the season on loan in the Netherlands.
Malacia was one of Ten Hag’s first signings as Manchester United and initially impressed under him as a deputy for Luke Shaw.
However, disaster struck when he suffered a knee injury in July 2023 that eventually required two lots of surgery and over 500 days out of action until his return in November.
That injury has effectively ended his Manchester United career, with Ruben Amorim seemingly looking elsewhere and the arrival of Patrick Dorgu only further pushing him down the pecking order.
Thus, he elected to return to the Netherlands at the end of the January transfer window, joining PSV on loan until the end of the season in a deal that includes an option for them to make it permanent.
Ten Hag was pleased to see that go through and hopes Malacia can thrive under Peter Bosz but urged the Manchester United man to make the right decisions in order to do so.
“It’s a shame for him and also for United that things went wrong afterwards and that two operations were needed instead of one,” he said.
“Hopefully for him all the misery is over, and he can focus again on getting completely fit and playing matches.
“It is especially important that Tyrell now continues to make the right choices. In the attacking game that Peter Bosz wants to play, he must be able to handle his qualities well. Tyrell is a back that is good in the structure if he can play inverted, When he comes on the inside. He is good at the ball and can manage well in the small space.
“These are all things he needs in PSV football. A bit like Dest also plays. Standing up and then going over it on the outside, he can, but he misses a bit of the real power, the content and a good last pass for it.”