Erik ten Hag invites Sir Alex Ferguson into Manchester United dressing room to join Carabao Cup celebrations

Erik ten Hag invited Sir Alex Ferguson into the Manchester United dressing room after the Carabao Cup final success at Wembley.

Ferguson was amongst the United contingent in the tunnel waiting to greet Ten Hag after the manager and his players returned from celebrating their 2-0 win against Newcastle.

Chief executive Richard Arnold and co-owner Avram Glazer were also in the tunnel, as were honorary life president Martin Edwards and director Mike Edelson.

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Ten Hag shared a warm handshake with Ferguson, having dined with the legendary manager in midweek. He then invited Ferguson back to the dressing room to join the players in celebrating.

"It's massive," Ten Hag said after their dinner last week. "I always enjoy speaking with people who have a lot of knowledge, who have a lot of experience. He wants to share it, so he wants to help and he wants to support. You feel Manchester United is his club and he feels so committed.

"We are doing well. It was a great night and I look forward to the next night with him!

"We all want to play big games, big matches. When we were young we dreamt of it. We are now in the position it's still February, big games are coming up and we really enjoy it, we're really looking forward to it, we're really excited.

"We have to give our best because we want to match with the best."

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