What I've done there is stated that the real strength of Ten Hag is as a systems-centred development coach who can coax what seem to be world class performances out of what standard opinions would class as bang average players. Gilmour's an example of that. Beyond that case though, Ten Hag in his time at Ajax has actually rehabilitated or elevated the levels of Stekelenburg, Haller, Davy Klaassen, Dusan Tadic, and kept the system working despite losing Kluivert, Sanchez, De Jong, Van Der Beek, and De Light. Young, talented players... but I'd suggest no more intrinsically talented than Man Utd have in their ranks - just talents who work within a structure with a defined goal at the end of their development process.
So straight away, I reckon a lot of the newspaper coverage they're currently subject to is bollocks - I reckon he's more like Klopp than he's being given credit for and he'll want to get to know the players he has before he gets rid of anyone - that'll apply just as much to Wan Bissaka despite them saying he's for the exit door.
The worry for me is that they become born again sensible and work from there, because they have money. But I just doubt they'll manage to stay consistently sensible enough for it all to work.
