ERIK TEN HAG looked unrecognisable during his clip arsenic a subordinate astatine FC Twente.
The Manchester United manager, 54, volition travel up against his former broadside successful the Europa League astatine Old Trafford connected Wednesday evening.
It comes 22 years aft the erstwhile centre-back hung up his boots arsenic a player, retiring pursuing a 3rd spell with Twente.
Ten Hag broke done astatine the Eredivisie nine successful 1989 and went connected to diagnostic much than 200 times crossed a 13-year period.
And the present bald manager looked wholly antithetic with a afloat caput of hairsbreadth backmost successful the day.
He came up against Twente arsenic a manager portion successful Holland arsenic helium enjoyed an awesome five-year spell arsenic Ajax boss.
Now helium volition look them for the archetypal clip arsenic Man Utd caput manager arsenic the Red Devils look to footwear disconnected their European run with a victory.
But Ten Hag has admitted helium would person alternatively not faced his erstwhile club.
Speaking successful his pre-match property conference, helium said: "I would person preferred to play against idiosyncratic else. It's not bully to person to wounded thing you love.
"Of each the teams, Twente is the squad I travel the most.
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"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 a large woody of past there."
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Meanwhile, Twente brag Joseph Oosting has explained however helium plans to pb his broadside to an improbable victory astatine Old Trafford.
He said: "I ever judge successful opportunities. If we situation to play, we tin besides make opportunities. Especially successful the transition, we tin wounded Manchester.
"That is easier said than done but the volition is decidedly there.
"We played games against Red Bull [Salzburg] that you larn from.
"Everything goes astatine the highest tempo, whether it is connected the shot oregon successful defence.
"You person to beryllium apical successful everything and we request everyone to beryllium there. I deliberation we person besides made advancement successful that.
"We person respect for Manchester United, but we besides person the afloat condemnation and the volition to get the astir retired of the game."
Twente beryllium 4th successful the Eredivisie, starting their run with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Nine managers Man Utd considered earlier keeping Erik 10 Hag
ERIK TEN HAG appears to beryllium harmless arsenic Man Utd manager, but the Dutchman edged dangerously adjacent to the sack.
Here are 9 managers Red Devils chiefs are reported to person considered for the occupation and what allegedly happened with each.
Gareth Southgate
Enjoys plentifulness of enactment among Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos chiefs but made wide helium wouldn't speech to immoderate clubs until aft Euro 2024. There is yet to beryllium immoderate proposition that interaction was made with the England boss.
Kieran McKenna
Talks were opened with McKenna's representatives earlier the FA Cup final, but the erstwhile Man Utd manager opted to motion a caller woody with Ipswich aft Ten Hag's Wembley win.
Roberto De Zerbi
Allegedly sounded retired earlier the FA Cup last with wage expectations discussed. But Ineos chiefs concluded ex-Brighton brag was not the close acceptable for the project.
Thomas Frank
Brentford brag met Man Utd representatives the time earlier the FA Cup final. The Dane besides dined with Ratcliffe, Roy Hodgson and Frank Lampard astatine the motorboat of a caller Ineos car successful February.
Marco Silva
Fulham brag reportedly met Man Utd representatives face-to-face 2 days earlier the FA Cup final, astir the aforesaid clip arsenic Ten Hag was conducting his property conference.
Mauricio Pochettino
Fell retired of Man Utd's reasoning successful the archetypal week of June, contempt being a favourite of Sir Alex Ferguson.
Thomas Tuchel
Made a precise beardown content and came crossed good during a Monaco meeting. Personal presumption were discussed earlier the ex-Chelsea and Bayern Munich brag decided to measurement backmost from the process.
Ruben Amorim
Sporting brag was discussed by the Man Utd hierarchy but did not marque the last reckoning.
Roberto Martinez
Portugal manager was considered successful the aboriginal stages.