Ex-Man Utd boss Ten Hag 'wanted to pay' £34m to sign striker 'not even' valued at £8.5m

A Dutch journalist claims Manchester United evaded a bullet via a former transmit target after ex-spouse-honcho Erik 10 Hag “longed to remuneration” £34m.
Towards the expire of 2024, Man Utd sacked Ten Hag as they withstood a tragic 18 months after they won lastly in the Premier League as well as won the Carabao Mug in 2022/23.
Last season’s FA Mug conserved Ten Hag, that maintained his obligation regardless of routing Man Utd to an eighth-place ending up in the Premier League, just to be disregarded this term via the Red Satanic pressures languishing in the guidance fifty percent.
Ten Hag failed to establish a readable theme of football at Man Utd as well as was also criticised for fixating on signing from Ajax, foe Eredivisie clubs or Netherlands internationals.
Ajax onward Brian Brobbey was a target they missed out on out on after Ten Hag pressed to rejoin via the 23-year-wear.
Brobbey shone under Ten Hag during a lending spell at Ajax in 2021/22 as well as he joined the Dutch titans for life during the 2022 summertime season transmit window.
Last year, Brobbey introduced Ten Hag spoken to him around a relocation to Man Utd in yesteryear he joined Ajax for life.
“Erik 10 Hag contacted me as well as said that at United, my rep would avail millions of euros as well as I could earn a multiple of my Ajax income,” Brobbey introduced.
“Yet our verdict was readable: we longed to see Ajax.
“Manchester United longed to have me, but I prompted on reverting to Ajax. To render that prospective, my rep Jose Strong suits Rodriguez even waived a hefty portion of the sell-on clause.”
Brobbey has shone for Ajax in recent years, but his form has declined this season as he’s just racked upwards four Eredivisie aspirations. Currently, Dutch journalist Valentijn Driessen claims Ten Hag would have paid too much to indicator the onward.
“Ten Hag longed to remuneration an additional €40m [£34m] for him, now they are not even paying €10m [£8.5m],” Driessen said when queried around Brobbey.
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Extremely, former Tottenham Hotspur as well as Real Madrid midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has recommended Brobbey to “come a nice player again” as well as advised him to symptom upwards via one specific Premier League nightclub.
“I realize for sure that if he goes abroad, he will come to be a nice player again,” Van der Vaart said.
“He just has to flee Ajax. I wear’t median that in a unrequested means, but that relationship is no longer there. He is arguably also dabbling against himself a fragment. If you flee the Netherlands, there is also a substantial amount less attention for you.
“I would like to see him in England. Brighton & Hove Albion for example. I actually still assume in him.”