Ten Hag ‘not encouraged’ to stay amid ‘mistake’ with Tottenham player

A journalist has claimed that Ajax’s failure to sign Steven Bergwijn from Tottenham would “not have encouraged” Man Utd-linked Erik ten Hag to stay.

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Ten Hag has been Ajax’s boss since 2017. They currently sit top of the Eredivisie but they were knocked out of the Champions League by Benfica.

Ajax were linked with Tottenham winger Bergwijn during the January transfer window.

The former PSV star has been a bit-part player for Spurs this term. Ajax could not agree a fee with the English club, though.

Dutch journalist Henk Spaan believes it was a “mistake” from Ajax not to secure Bergwijn’s services:

“Was it Overmars who gave up the fight with his financial director, or was it Susan Lenderink herself who stopped the negotiations with Levy of Spurs?” Spaan wrote (via Sport Witness).

“It was a mistake for sure. It is not very unlikely that Ajax