Erik ten Hag told why 'saying goodbye' to Paul Pogba is good for Manchester United

08.04.2022 - 15:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Former Netherlands international Rene van der Gijp insists Erik ten Hag must be allowed to breathe a new lease of life into Manchester United this summer, admitting that "players like Paul Pogba" need to be moved on.

As reported by the Manchester Evening News on Wednesday, Ten Hag is expected to leave Ajax and take charge at Old Trafford ahead of the start of next season. The Dutchman is United's preferred candidate and was interviewed just over a fortnight ago.

Ten Hag, who has been in charge at Ajax since December 2017, has overseen an excellent job in Amsterdam and has earned the opportunity to manage a big-name club in the Premier League. However, he will be tasked with overseeing a huge job at United this summer and beyond.

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The club is in desperate need of of the first-team squad being overhauled, with several faces needing to be moved on. One of those is midfielder Pogba.

He is out of contract at the end of the campaign and is expected to leave the club without any fuss. For Van der Gijp, saying goodbye to Pogba is exactly what Ten Hag needs.

"[Ten Hag] can't do any worse than what has happened in recent years," Van der Gijp told Inside Today, as cited by FCUpdate. "[Louis] van Gaal was not good at it, [Jose] Mourinho was not, [Ole Gunnar] Solskjaer was nothing, things must go well, right?

"He must have eager guests. Players like Pogba, who are busy with themselves all day, you have to say goodbye to that, you shouldn't have that, dude."

Although Pogba has always maintained a stance that he will not make a decision on his future until the end of the season, the France international is understood to have no intentions of