Louis van Gaal comments on Erik ten Hag highlight the image Manchester United must lose

Manchester United are currently in the process of looking for a new manager and the Manchester Evening News understands that Erik ten Hag has been interviewed for the role. Nothing has yet been rubber-stamped and the club are keen to assess all options available before making a final decision.

Amid the speculation over who will be appointed, former United manager Louis van Gaal was asked for his opinion on the Ajax boss potentially joining his old club, and the Netherlands head coach was as blunt in his response as you'd expect. “I think Erik ten Hag is a great coach, he has shown that several times," he said. "And a great coach is always good for United.

But in terms of whether he would advise Ten Hag to join United, he added: “Manchester United is a commercial club and those are difficult choices for a coach. It is better to go to a football club. I'm not going to supervise his career and he will call me himself. But he should choose a football club, not a commercial club.”

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Van Gaal has often been vocal about his issues with his former club. In an interview with BBC Sport in 2019, he claimed that his FA Cup triumph just days before his sacking was like 'winning a trophy despite having a noose around [his] neck for six months'. His rocky relationship with Ed Woodward will have undoubtedly fuelled this feeling.

He said about the former United chief in the very same interview: "What I don't like is Woodward contacting my successor, knowing in his mind he will replace me and he keeps his mouth shut for six months. Every Friday I had to go into press conferences and be asked what I thought about the rumours. What does that do to the