Former Manchester United coach Ten Hag joins his old club

Sports: Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag will return to his former club FC Twente as technical director from next season, the club has announced.
The Dutchman has signed a contract until mid-2028, returning to the club where he began his playing career in 1989 and ended it in 2002.
The 55-year-old will join the Enschede club on February 1, replacing technical director Jan Streur, who is retiring at the end of the season.
“I feel it is wonderful and special to return to FC Twente, where I have been a supporter since childhood,” Ten Hag said in a statement on the club’s website. “My football career began here. With my experience in youth development, team building, and elite sports culture, I want to strengthen FC Twente’s technical foundations so that the club can continue to realize its potential as a regional flagship.”
After retiring as a player at Twente, Ten Hag became head of the youth academy and then assistant manager, after which he coached Go Ahead Eagles, FC Utrecht, Ajax Amsterdam, and Manchester United, who fired him in October 2024.
He became coach of Bayer Leverkusen last year, returning to Germany, where he had already spent two seasons as coach of Bayern Munich’s reserves from 2013 to 2015.
But his contract with Leverkusen was terminated after just two Bundesliga matches, a record in Germany. In November, Ajax approached Ten Hag to replace sacked coach John Heitinga, but he said he was not interested in returning to Amsterdam.