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Erik ten Hag was sacked by Manchester United in October 2024, after guiding the football club to their first trophy in six years, followed by an FA Cup final win the season after.
During the summer period of 2024 following the FA Cup glory United had at the end of the 2023/24 season, there was a huge cloud hanging over Erik ten Hag’s future.
INEOS put the uncertainty to bed and offered the Dutch manager a new two-year contract extension, but two months into the new season Ten Hag was sacked.
He was without a club until this summer, when he was announced as Bayer Leverkusen’s new manager, being the successor to Xabi Alonso. However, his time in Germany was short-lived, as the former United manager was sacked after only two league matches.
One month on from his sacking at Leverkusen, a return to one of his former clubs could be on the cards.
Ajax’s manager Johnny Heitinga is under pressure following his side’s disappointing 4-0 defeat against Marseille in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday. The club from Amsterdam are yet to register a point in the UEFA Champions League, and are four points off league leaders Feyenoord, just seven games into the new Eredivisie campaign
Lots of Ajax fans would welcome the return of Erik ten Hag, as his stint at the club was a huge success.
According to Dutch outlet De Telegraaf via Goal, Erik ten Hag is open to returning to Ajax in January, with the club considering him as ex-Liverpool assistant Heitinga struggles to convince.
The former Ajax manager guided the club to a historic UEFA Champions League semi-finals spot, where his side were knocked out of the competition in cruel fashion.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Lucas Moura scored a second-half hat-trick to send Spurs to the UEFA Champions League final, while the Dutch giants were out of the competition.
The 55-year-old won six trophies during his tenure and his eye-catching football at the club is what attracted United to appoint him back in 2022.
Due to his reported €6 million severence pay, it complicates a deal for the return of the manager. If he was to return to the Johan Cruyff Arena, January is being reported as to when he could be seen in the dugout again.
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