Erik ten Hag unrecognisable in his days playing for Man Utd opponents FC Twente

Erik 10 Hag volition person an affectional reunion with the nine helium utilized to play for erstwhile Manchester United instrumentality connected FC Twente connected Wednesday night.

The 54-year-old came done the younker set-up astatine Twente and made his elder debut with the club.

After leaving successful 1990, Ten Hag returned for 2 much spells playing for FC Twente, with the 3rd and last 1 the longest from 96-02.

When his playing vocation finished successful 2002 helium moved into coaching astatine Twente, moving with the Under-17 and past Under-19 teams.

There was an aboriginal Manchester United transportation arsenic Steve McClaren took complaint of the archetypal squad successful 2009 arsenic Ten Hag worked with the academy.

The existent Red Devils brag made implicit 200 appearances for Twente, captainted the broadside and says his proudest infinitesimal arsenic a subordinate was lifting the KNVB Cup with them successful 2001.

Unsurprisingly the Manchester United brag looked a spot antithetic successful his playing days backmost successful his location country, erstwhile helium inactive sported a hairstyle and hadn’t grown a greying beard.

Obviously it volition beryllium an affectional evening for him arsenic helium welcomes his erstwhile nine to Old Trafford connected Wednesday, not relishing his task of beating them.

‘I would person preferred to play against idiosyncratic else. It’s not bully to wounded thing you love,’ helium said.

‘Of each the teams, Twente is the squad I travel the most. I ticker them arsenic a fan, arsenic a supporter, not arsenic an analyst. It’s a antithetic mode of watching their games.

‘Twente brought maine a lot, I was enactment done their academy, truthful for maine large woody of past there.’

Ten Hag’s erstwhile FC Twente teammate Leon 10 Voorde told Sky Sports of however evident it was helium would go a manager from a young age.

‘You could backmost past already spot a manager successful him, helium was ever captain,’ Ten Voorde said. ‘When we watched shot astatine a young property helium ever knew what should happen. He’s ever kept that know-it-all attitude.

‘That was not ever fashionable with the players due to the fact that helium was not the champion player.

‘When you are not the champion player, it is hard for the amended players to judge it. But helium was reasoning similar a manager and the information is that helium ever had the champion tactical thoughts.’

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