Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich have inquired about Erik ten Hag in recent weeks, so know Football International to report. Ajax announced last Friday that the coach had extended his contract with one year until 2022, so that he will be connected to the team from Amsterdam until mid-2023. The football weekly reports that RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Eintracht Frankfurt were also ‘concrete’.
At Bayern, Ten Hag was seen as an alternative to top candidate Julian Nagelsmann, who was eventually snatched from RB Leipzig. “The most concrete from Germany was Bayern Munich”, says Freek Jansen, Ajax watcher Football International, in the program Studio Football of the NOS. “They had Nagelsmann number one, but they knew it might be difficult. A few weeks ago they contacted Ajax and Ten Hag to see what would be possible if Nagelsmann did not continue. Then they had a list with a few names and Ten Hag was on it too. ”
RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Eintracht Frankfurt are also mentioned as clubs that concretely thought of Ten Hag, while Tottenham reported by telephone to the coach last week. “Last Monday they had made contact with both Ajax and Ten Hag, but by then Ten Hag was already at an advanced stage with Ajax”, says Jansen. “They also made that known at the time. From Spurs it went in an exploratory way. ”
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reported last week that Ten Hag and Tottenham had spoken, but that this conversation was ‘not positive’. The Tottenham club management decided to ‘take a step back’, also because it was announced in this conversation that Ten Hag would be renewing his contract with Ajax. Football International writes that Ten Hag ‘he feels is not yet ready in Amsterdam’.