Three Erik ten Hag tactical traits at Ajax that Manchester United fans may have missed

Manchester United fans are starting to get restless about who their next manager is going to be.

Many fans have flocked to social media to call for United to appoint Erik ten Hag, as they have been impressed by his tactical style and achievements at Ajax and think he'd be the right man to take the club forward.

Others want to appoint the Dutchman as they just don't want Mauricio Pochettino. These fans became more vocal as Paris Saint-Germain crashed out of the Champions League against Real Madrid, putting the Argentine's job in a precarious position based on the French club's track record.

But how many United fans have actually watched an Ajax game to justify their claims that Ten Hag is the right man for the job?

In a survey carried out by United analytics account UtdArena on Twitter, a massive 66.4% of replies (out of 52,792 votes) stated that they had not seen a single Ten Hag game.

Now as this was an open vote on Twitter, there is a possibility that non-United fans could have influenced the vote to wind-up their rivals. But taking the result as it stands, I thought I'd break down some aspects of Ten Hag's management that the casual viewer or someone who has never seen Ajax before might not know.

He really likes his wingers

How this one applies to United is important.

Ten Hag likes his wingers to hold the width as a default, stretching the opposition defence and allowing Ajax's full-backs to underlap and drive into the spaces this leaves to create chances.

Antony and Dusan Tadic are both experts at this but the rotations are also important, to keep the attacks fresh and also make use of the space provided, the wingers can change spaces and use their movement to get in positions closer to goal. If you want a version