Marco van Basten urges Erik ten Hag to sign £34million Chelsea forward
Dutch legend Marco van Basten has urged Erik ten Hag to sign Chelsea midfielder Hakim Ziyech for Manchester United.
Ziyech impressed under Ten Hag at Ajax before moving to Chelsea in the summer of 2020 for £34million.
Ziyech, meanwhile, has struggled to secure a regular role under Thomas Tuchel this season, starting just 12 games in the Premier League for Chelsea and Van Basten believes the Moroccan will thrive under Ten Hag at Manchester United.
“What comes to my mind now is that I think Ziyech who already plays in England could be a very good footballer at Manchester United for Erik,” Van Basten said.
However, Ten Hag refused to respond specifically to Van Basten’s suggestion and insisted that he is already used to dealing with transfer speculation before joining United.
“Of course this was already the case at Ajax,” said Ten Hag.
“You take that in and then you have to continue to work well with the dressing room and with people within the club.
“You have to analyse well and make the right choices.”
Ten Hag also confirmed that he is already preparing for United’s pre-season campaign after deciding to not travel with Ajax’s squad for the post-season trip to Curacao.
“I have started working today,” Ten Hag said.
“I already did the first things with Manchester United today. Tomorrow I will continue with that.
“I will stay here. I will meet people from Manchester here.
“I will organise the staff, make the schedule for next season, and prepare the squad for next season.”