Erik ten Hag: Ex-Man Utd manager reveals career plans | OneFootball

Former Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has revealed that he will not return to management until next season at the earliest.

The divisive Dutch coach was sacked by United at the end of October after overseeing the club's worst-ever start to a Premier League season. The Red Devils were slumped in 14th place with 11 points from nine games by the time Ten Hag was handed a lucrative compensation package.

Ruben Amorim has endured an even worse run of form since taking the Old Trafford helm. The heralded Portuguese head coach boasts just 15 points from as many matches - a tally only the division's bottom three have failed to better in the same time period - and is currently sat in 15th place.

Ten Hag's stock has risen while an increasingly demoralised Amorim has continued to struggle with the same squad of underperforming players. The former Ajax boss was linked with the briefly vacant role at Borussia Dortmund and figured in the conversation for the permanent position at Feyenoord, but has remained unattached - a decision which he claims is deliberate.

"I have already decided for myself: OK, I'm not doing anything until 1 July," the Dutch tactician told the in-house podcast series run by the agency which represents him, SEG Stories.

Erik ten Hag won a trophy in both of his two full seasons at Man Utd / Justin Setterfield/GettyImages

In a series of clips released before the full interview is unveiled on Tuesday, Ten Hag also pointed out that he's "had many highs" in management.

However, that's not to distract from his question for perfection. "You're always working towards a dot on the horizon, but you never get to the horizon," Ten Hag said.

"I always say: 'There is always room for improvement. And good is not good enough. You can do better.'"

Intriguingly, Ten Hag was also shown to admit: "If there's one thing I miss, it's Old Trafford."

The 55-year-old had a fractured relationship with United's playing staff - as Raphael Varane recently revealed - and the club's fanbase during two-and-a-half years of wildly mixed results. Alongside the highs of two domestic cup trophies, Ten Hag also oversaw multiple historic losses, including United's heaviest-ever defeat to arch-rivals Liverpool.

The enduring image of Ten Hag at Old Trafford is that of the beleaguered Dutch coach standing solemnly beneath an open torrent of water pouring through the holes in the stadium's leaking roof. Yet, given the club's current malaise, some at Old Trafford may also miss Ten Hag.