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Cristiano Ronaldo has received a boost that bodes well for his future at Manchester United under new manager Erik ten Hag.

The 37-year-old has been tipped to leave leave Old Trafford following Ten Hag's appointment, which was confirmed on Thursday as the Ajax boss put pen to paper on a lucrative three-year contract until June 2025. Ronaldo, albeit scorer of 21 goals this season, is not getting any younger at the dawn of the Old Trafford rebuild, so pundits and supporters alike expect Ten Hag to attempt to jettison the five-time Ballon d'Or winner.

But despite the Dutch tactician's free-flowing brand of football, Ten Hag has been known to compromise for the sake of his team's success. Utrecht captain Willem Janssen knows all about playing under acclaimed coach, the club where Ten Hag honed his craft over two-and-a-half years before making the move to Amsterdam.

In a column for the Guardian, the 35-year-old defender explained: "Erik has certain basic ideas about football but also looks at the players at his disposal. He played differently with us than with Ajax, where there is more attacking class. He is not the romantic that we like in the Netherlands; he wants to win.

"The season before he arrived we finished 11th but Utrecht want to be in the top five – and that is where we ended his first campaign. His great class is that he