Erik ten Hag might get a reaction from Manchester United players this week

Erik ten Hag's interview with De Telegraaf was behind a paywall and in Dutch but his message has quickly been translated and transmitted to Manchester United supporters.

There is still no concrete word on when United will hold Ten Hag's introductory press conference. Their last three summer managerial appointments were confirmed in May before paradings in July. Ten Hag has a short window for a Q&A with the dedicated correspondents in July as United leave for their pre-season tour earlier than usual, with the season due to start on August 6.

A sit down is advisable sooner rather than later. Ten Hag talked a good game after managing Ajax for the final time against Vitesse Arnhem and there is a touch of compatriot Louis van Gaal's "I don't need a holiday" mentality from eight years ago. Van Gaal went straight from coaching the Netherlands to third in the World Cup to travelling on United's pre-season tour.

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“It’s time to turn the switch now,” Ten Hag said. “It’s something that is needed because there is a lot to take care of and I have the energy for it.

"What it’s all about is the dressing room, you need to be able to manage the dressing room. You have to make it function. That’s how you win games."

Ten Hag will require a hazmat suit to fumigate United's toxic dressing room. Sensibly, he has not intervened with any of the out-of-contract sextet. All have come to the end of the road at United and that clearout grants Ten Hag leverage to reinforce the squad. United have worked on a prospective deal for Kalvin Phillips and Ten Hag reached out to Frenkie de Jong's agent last week.

Yet Ten Hag emphasised there are 'good players' at United and the description