ERIK TEN HAG has been spotted for the first time since jetting back to Holland after his sacking from Manchester United.
The manager was finally put out of his misery at Old Trafford earlier this week following the club’s disastrous start to the season.
The Red Devils had only won three of their league games under the Dutchman this season – their worst start EVER.
And, with the Red Devils all the way down in 13th in the Premier League, club chiefs decided they had to act.
The final nail in the coffin came after Ten Hag’s side lost 2-1 to West Ham at the London Stadium.
Despite dominating the match, his side failed to take their chances, and a Jarrod Bowen penalty confirmed the defeat.
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After his sacking, Ten Hag, 54, hopped on a private jet back to his homeland in Holland.
But it seems he has no intention of taking a break from football.
In fact, Ten Hag waited just days before attending a match in the Dutch Eredivisie, between Heracles Almelo and NAC Breda.
Heracles won the game 2-0 thanks to a brace from Brian De Keersmaecker at the Erve Asito stage.
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The ESPN commentator, Sjors Blaauw, pointed to Ten Hag during the coverage.
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He said: “Of course Erik ten Hag has time. He’s using that time to watch a nice game of football in Almelo.”
Man United have won their only game since Ten Hag’s exit.
Ruud van Nistelrooy oversaw the 5-2 drubbing of Leicester City in the Carabao Cup.
Despite that win, they club wasted no time in appointing a full-time successor to take over at Old Trafford.
Sporting Lisbon’s Ruben Amorim has agreed to take over the job on a contract until 2027.
Amorim, 39, has agreed a £6.5million-a-year deal and has claimed he turned down THREE TIMES that amount from another club who met his £8.3m buy-out clause.
However, he admitted that he has not made the decision to leave Sporting lightly.
He said: “United came along, paid the clause, above the clause, and the chairman defended his interests.
“The only request I made to United was that it would be at the end of the season and they told me that wasn’t possible, that it was now or never.
“I had three days to decide on something that would completely change my life. It’s not the first time that I’ve had my clause paid by another club.
“Nor is it the second. It’s very hard for me to leave.
“The club knew that if I rejected it, I wouldn’t have it in six months.
“And I knew that in six months I would know that I wouldn’t be at Sporting. The only club that I wanted, and that moved me, was United.
“It got to a point where I had to decide — and I did. Now I’m going home much more relaxed.
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“I would earn three times more with the last club that offered to pay my clause. I gave everything I had for the club.
“I changed my mind several times. My concern is not to harm the Sporting team. And we’ll see later. I’ll have that concern when I’m at United.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
