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Manchester United managerial candidate Erik ten Hag has already got an insight into life at Old Trafford following a trip to the club's Carrington training ground several years ago.

The Ajax boss is one of the favourites for the United job after impressing in Amsterdam, winning two Eredivisie titles and two Dutch Cups. He also guided Ajax to within seconds of a Champions League final in 2019, agonisingly losing to Tottenham in the last-minute.

Speaking in 2020, Ten Hag recalled a trip to Carrington in November 2008 when Dutch side Twente took on Manchester City at the Etihad. Ten Hag was Twente's assistant boss at the time, working under former England manager Steve McClaren.

"Steve and I visited Sir Alex Ferguson when we played Manchester City, the morning before the match we had coffee with him - it was a memorable conversation about football," Ten Hag told Ajax's official YouTube channel.

"When we visited, Sir Alex Ferguson was sitting in his office, he was the manager and he had an overview of the pitches at Carrington and he could follow the training sessions from his office, it was an experience."

Ten Hag is believed to be on a five-man shortlist for the United job. The other four candidates are Paris Saint-Germain's Mauricio Pochettino, Spain's Luis Enrique, Sevilla's