Twitter reacts as Erik ten Hag is announced as next Man Utd manager
It's finally been announced: Erik ten Hag will become the next manager of Manchester United Football Club.
The appointment was confirmed on Thursday, with Ten Hag set to take the reins from interim manager Ralf Rangnick ahead of the 2022/23 campaign.
The current Ajax manager has signed a three-year deal with the option for a fourth, with United paying £1.7m to release him from his contract in Amsterdam a year early.
Erik ten Hag is officially the new Manchester United manager! ?
— 90min (@90min_Football) April 21, 2022
The rebuilding begins. pic.twitter.com/Wutv15Bm0s
Suffice to say, United fans were pretty pleased with the news...
Yes we are absolutely awful at the moment, but Erik ten Hag is now confirmed. The structure is changing. Half the squad are leaving.
— Jᴀᴄᴋʏ Hᴇɴᴄʜᴍᴀɴ♦️ (@JackyHenchman) April 21, 2022
Next season we’ll finally become a modern team, and we’ll reap the rewards from it.
The comeback will be magnificent.
Erik Ten Hag is officially the best bald manager in the Premier League
— Trey (@UTDTrey) April 21, 2022
He’s hereeee pic.twitter.com/0E6f0Ztcrf
— Jack (@MUFCJaack) April 21, 2022
Ten Hag’s teams not only dominate the opposition they will put 110% effort in.
— Breezy (@BreezyUTD) April 21, 2022
His development and talent ID is second to none.
It’s good to be excited. pic.twitter.com/2dkOCXoarR
Ten Hag is the first managerial move since Fergie where my reaction is "Interesting. Good fit. Seems like the smart, right choice."
— Alex Shaw (@AlexShawESPN) April 21, 2022
He'll only succeed, though, if he's allowed carte blanche. Drain the swamp and get his players in / full board support.
Ten Hag as good an appointment as possible in circumstances.
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) April 21, 2022
There are risks, and unknowns, just like with Pochettino. United were weighing both up. The potential £20m difference in getting him, and ease of the deal, also influential.
Good luck to Erik ten Hag at Manchester United. Many issues. Confront the culture of complacency. Put the club’s focus back on football. Overhaul squad. Get rid of those just ticking over. Recruit hungrier players. #mufc need a new mindset as well as a new manager. https://t.co/7pqnl2r60M
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) April 21, 2022
It's official, announced by both Ajax & Manchester United. Erik ten Hag will leave Ajax at the end of the season after being in charge for 4,5 years.
— ??? ???? ? (@TheEuropeanLad) April 21, 2022
End of an era. pic.twitter.com/NSssxBSqx5
Donny Van De Beek when he hears Ten Hag is the new United manager. pic.twitter.com/pU2dwQvQgN
— ?????⚡ (@Caleb_Mufc) April 21, 2022
Although some fans aren't convinced of the Dutchman's credentials - or those of the team he is about to inherit...
Lost both cup finals this season
— Carr!ck Er@ ?? (@PrivCarrick) April 21, 2022
Knocked out of UCL by a crap benfica
Struggling in the league with by far the best team
United fans happy over mediocrity yet again
Erik ten Hag bringing promising young Ajax players to Old Trafford like https://t.co/tbt0N28gZ4
— Football Ramble (@FootballRamble) April 21, 2022
Famously defeated by Fortuna Köln in the Regionalliga playoffs, it’s nice to see Erik ten Hag has got back on his feet. https://t.co/QsrqC6GGzV
— Archie Rhind-Tutt (@archiert1) April 21, 2022
Excited to see how this United side find a way of making Ten Hag even more bald
— Si Lloyd (@SmnLlyd5) April 21, 2022
I already feel bad for Ten Hag
— Emily✨ (@_emilyoram) April 21, 2022
Watch how Ten Hag going to be impressed in preseason when this guy turns into Pirlo ?? pic.twitter.com/JG21BUUy6n
— mohamed ? (@Mohamed_therad) April 20, 2022
Others praised Rangnick's contribution to the hiring process as interim boss.
I don’t care how bad of a manager Ralf has been as an interim
— ???????????? #TenHagIn (@SznTenHag) April 19, 2022
This guy is the best thing to happen to United in years pic.twitter.com/tQRFXAqp5L
If Ten Hag is successful in the future, think we may be looking back and acknowledging Rangnick’s role.
— Haider Rubbani ?????⚽️ (@Haider_Rubbani) April 20, 2022
Single-handedly calling out everything us fans have been saying for a decade.
The results might be poor, but his honesty is exactly what this club & board needs #MUFC
It’s good planning from Manchester United to appoint him until the end of the season , that was a big ambition from United to get someone in before the season comes to a close , means ten Hag can jump right in at the vital team of pre-season. They’ve worked well to get this done.
— Josh Bunting (@Buntingfootball) April 21, 2022
What's clear is that United fans are now raring for this season to end and the new era under Ten Hag to get underway. The Red Devils are currently lagging behind in the battle for a top four place.
Ten Hag said: "It is a great honour to be appointed manager of Manchester United and I am hugely excited by the challenge ahead. I know the history of this great club and the passion of the fans, and I am absolutely determined to develop a team capable of delivering the success they deserve.
“It will be difficult to leave Ajax after these incredible years, and I can assure our fans of my complete commitment and focus on bringing this season to a successful conclusion before I move to Manchester United.”