One of Erik ten Hag's greatest strengths during his success in Amsterdam was playing to the strengths of the football club he took over.
Ajax's academy is one of the greatest talent production lines in world football and the Dutchman used it to build the core of two outstanding teams.
Ten Hag has a reputation for building youthful teams but that wasn't strictly the case at Ajax. A lot of his signings were in their late 20s or early 30s, but those players added experience to a young core that had come together through the academy.
Frenkie de Jong was one player who was signed young and then flourished, but many others, such at Matthijs de Ligt, Donny van de Beek, Ryan Gravenberch and Jurrien Timber came through the system and were then trusted by Ten Hag.