Manchester United appoint Erik ten Hag as Harry Maguire receives chilling bomb threat

Here are your Manchester United evening headlines on Thursday, April 21.

United appoint Ten Hag as manager

United have confirmed the appointment of Erik ten Hag on a three-year contract with the option of an additional year. The 52-year-old will become the second Dutchman to manage the club after Louis van Gaal and the fifth permanent manager since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.

Ajax coach Ten Hag will officially take over at United at the end of the season. United paid Ajax £1.7million to release Ten Hag from his contract - which expires next year.

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Maguire receives chilling bomb threat

United captain Harry Maguire has received a chilling threat to bomb his family home in the aftermath of the club's 4-0 reverse to Liverpool. Police officers were dispatched to his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on Thursday afternoon, together with a specialist police explosives dog as a follow-up - it's been confirmed.

Cheshire Constabulary said the highly-trained dog carried out a search of the gardens and the area surrounding the property. It's understood the England international received the bomb threat by email at the family home he shares with his fiancee Fern Hawkins and their two daughters.

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