Erik ten Hag: New Man Utd boss slated Ajax player for not working hard enough

There is a new era on the horizon at Manchester United after the club announced Erik ten Hag will become their new manager.

The Ajax boss will take over a club that has just gone through one of its most forgettable seasons in history and will have an almighty task ahead of him.

Righting the ship will be no small feat, especially when you consider just how bad United have been in 2022.

The gulf in class between them and Liverpool was alarming and the way in which they rolled over against Arsenal will have left a particularly bitter taste in the mouth.

Their top four hopes have all but gone up in smoke with the most they can now salvage from this Premier League season being a bit of pride.

So it is unsurprising then that many are already looking to next season and the new hope of having one of Europe’s hottest managerial talents at the helm.

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Ten Hag has built some superb teams at Ajax, most notably the side that came within seconds of the Champions League final in 2019, but United is by far and away the biggest challenge of his career.

The faithful at Old Trafford rightfully have high expectations of their teams and, while there will be a period of grace, Ten Hag will need to prioritise keeping them onside.

Fortunately, Ten Hag is a man of impeccably high standards himself, something well and truly proven by a short clip that has being doing the rounds on social media this week.

In the clip, Ten Hag is seen (and heard) taking no prisoners and absolutely rinsing former-Ajax star Noa Lang for not working hard enough.

When Lang tried to answer back, Ten Hag would have absolutely none of it, telling him to “Shut up and listen.”

You can see the exchange in