Erik ten Hag is close to agreeing a new managerial contract with Manchester United and negotiations are well underway, with the possibility of adding Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rene Haag as his assistants.
Discussions are underway about Ten Hag updating his team and progress is being made on the appointment of Van van Nistelrooy and Harker as assistant coaches.
If their addition is confirmed, it could lead to the departure of one of the current assistant coaches, Mitchell van der Hag, who left Ajax for Manchester with Ten Hag two years ago.
Ten Hag has been considering a re-assignment of his coaching responsibilities after a tumultuous season and feels Van der Hag may have decided it was the right time to leave. He has the ambition to become the number one man again, having previously had management experience in Portugal and the Netherlands.
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Van der Hag is vital to United's coaching plans, so he needs someone to take over. As two experienced first-team managers, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Haaac could provide that replacement.
Their appointment will mean a realignment of Steve McLaren's exact role. There will also be a separate discussion about Darren Fletcher's responsibilities at the club, while Benny McCarthy's position is uncertain.
Ten Hag retired from the sport in 2012 and moved to Twente as an assistant coach to then-manager McClaren
McClaren, Sir Alex Ferguson's assistant coach at the time of the 1999 treble, returned to the club in 2022, while former midfielder Flecher has been involved in first-team training since 2021. McCarthy joined the club in June 2022 as a first-team coach.
Haque, 52, led the Advance Eagles to a ninth-place finish in the Dutch Bundesliga last season. Haake has worked with Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag in Twente's youth team.
Harker has worked with Ten Hag at the youth team in FC Twente
Manchester United are understood to want to establish a new type of coaching model similar to Manchester City, in which Pep Guardiola is supported by an extensive behind-the-scenes team. Ruud van Nistelrooy had previously managed PSV Eindhoven and had been a candidate for the vacant Burnley position.
Ruud van Nistelrooy scored 150 goals and made 219 appearances for Manchester United between 2001 and 2006, establishing himself as a staunch fan darling. He led PSV Eindhoven's in the 2022-23 season to win the Dutch Cup.
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Manchester United finished the season with the lowest ranking of the Premier League era (eighth) before beating Manchester City in the FA Cup final to qualify for the Europa League.
Before deciding to keep Ten Hag, the club had probed potential replacements, including former Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel, former Brighton & Hove Albion manager Roberto De Zerbi and Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna.
The Dutchman was appointed manager at Old Trafford in the summer of 2022 and this season's FA Cup is the second trophy of his tenure.
In his first season, Ten Hag finished third in the Premier League and won the Carabao Cup, while United also reached the FA Cup final, where they were beaten by Manchester City.