Rio Ferdinand names four candidates to be Ten Hag assistant at Manchester United

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has named four potential assistants which Erik ten Hag will be talking to before arriving at the Theatre of Dreams.

The Manchester Evening News has reported that Ajax are expecting their current boss to be swapping Amsterdam for Manchester next season. Ten Hag was interviewed by United last month and it was also revealed that the board consider him to be the preferred option to take over.

Attention is now beginning to turn to who will be joining Ten Hag in the backroom next season. Speaking on the Vibe with Five YouTube channel, Ferdinand believes that there are four individuals he will be talking to about the club.

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"He’ll be having conversations," the former centre-back explained. "He’ll be speaking to people like Rene (Meulensteen), Robin van Persie, Jaap Stam and Edwin van der Sar about what it is like at Manchester United.

"I know the people who are there right now are working diligently to get a structure in place for the new manager and have a real good go at getting the right talent. It’s about that conversation with Ten Hag and the people that run the club on how the recruitment is done.

"The key conversation is who is that driven by? Is it the manager who’s incoming or the recruitment staff, saying ‘this is the player, this is the DNA’.

"These are the conversations I’m sure are happening."

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