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By NEIL CUSTIS

ERIK TEN HAG has hailed Jose Mourinho arsenic an illustration for managers arsenic helium prepares to look him successful Istanbul successful the Europa League connected Thursday.

Mourinho, present manager of Fenerbahce, added to his already awesome trophy haul with the League Cup and Europe League successful his clip astatine Manchester United.

Indeed that triumph successful Stockholm successful 2017 implicit Ajax was the past trophy United won backmost successful 2017 until Ten Hag took complaint and won the Carabao Cup and FA Cup successful the past 2 seasons.

Now the brace clash successful Istanbul and United brag Ten Hag was afloat of praise for 1 of his predecessors astatine Old Trafford.

Ten Hag said: "It's a large crippled for some of us.

"I truly bask facing him and playing against him. He has ever bully teams, helium is simply a victor - helium has won truthful galore trophies - I deliberation helium is an illustration for many, galore managers."

Ten Hag has been the astir palmy manager alongside Mourinho since Sir Alex Ferguson retired successful 2013.

Still, helium remains nether unit with United sitting beneath mid-table.

Ten Hag acknowledges that what happens present is each important.

He said: "It is football, you person to unrecorded for now.

“What happened is successful the past, you person to beryllium yourself each day, you person to beryllium yourself each play truthful we person to spell for it.

"We are successful the commencement of the play and we volition spot wherever we extremity but our people is to triumph a trophy again."

The unit was eased connected Ten Hag with a comeback triumph against Brentford connected Saturday with 21-year-old Rasmus Hojlund grabbing the second-half winner.

Ten Hag said: "He volition ever score. What is important is helium is keeping fit.

"He picked up truthful galore injuries successful the archetypal play and erstwhile helium stays fit, helium volition people goals due to the fact that that is proved successful his stats."