English giants Manchester United has appointed Mitchell van der Gaag and Steve McClaren as Erik ten Hag’s assistant coaches.
The trio was in attendance to look at the membership’s last recreation of the season the place they misplaced to Crystal Palace; a present that gave them a sign of what they wanted to type out in the summertime earlier than the beginning of a brand new marketing campaign.
An announcement from United famous: “Manchester United is delighted to announce the appointment of Mitchell van der Gaag and Steve McClaren as Erik ten Hag’s assistant coaches, as the brand new supervisor’s backroom crew takes form.
“Van der Gaag and McClaren, who have been in attendance at United’s last recreation of the season at Crystal Palace, have loved extremely profitable spells alongside Ten Hag, and each convey a wealth of European expertise and hands-on teaching experience to United.”
Van der Gaag who spent the final yr as Ten Hag’s assistant at Ajax has his appointment topic to Governing Physique Endorsement from the FA and a UK visa. He beforehand loved a two-year spell accountable for the Amsterdam membership’s reserve aspect. His taking part in profession included the expertise of British soccer, with two years within the Scottish prime flight with Motherwell.
McClaren was by Sir Alex Ferguson’s aspect for the conclusion of the fantastic Treble marketing campaign, and United gained the Premier League in every of McClaren’s three seasons as Sir Alex’s assistant supervisor.
