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Erik ten Hag gave a frosty response when asked about reports that he is set to be appointed as the next Manchester United boss.

Ajax boss ten Hag, 52, met with United bosses last month to talk about becoming their new manager and is now set to take the job on a permanent basis, with a new-look United set to take shape for next season.

This week saw a fresh wave of speculation that an agreement is in place for United to appoint the Dutchman at the end of the campaign, with Mirror Football understanding that ten Hag will be the permanent appointment at Old Trafford. Yet when asked about those reports ahead of Ajax’s Eredivisie clash against Sparta Rotterdam on Saturday, the boss was swiftly irritated by the line of questioning.

When asked by the reporter prior to the Ajax match about how ten Hag’s conversations with United went, the boss simply responded: “I want to talk about the game.” The reporter then began to say that he would then begin to focus on the match at hand, but ten Hag cut across him to clarify: “I am not reacting to rumours.”

It was at this juncture that the interviewer then interjected: “But they (the rumours) are getting strong.” Ten Hag, who by this point in the conversation was notably irritated by the topic, added: “Questions about the game or I am going inside.” This was, unsurprisingly, the end of any attempts to draw ten Hag any further on the reports.

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