Manchester United 'ask Donny van de Beek about Erik ten Hag'

Manchester United players have reportedly been talking to Donny van de Beek about Erik ten Hag, with the Dutchman set to be named the English club's new head coach.

Ten Hag is still bidding to lift two trophies for Ajax this season, so an announcement on the manager's expected arrival at Old Trafford has not yet been made.

The 52-year-old is set to replace Ralf Rangnick at the helm this summer, though, and according to The Mirror, a number of Man United players have been asking Van de Beek for information on the head coach.

Van de Beek, who is currently on loan at Everton, starred under Ten Hag at Ajax, and there have been claims that the Netherlands international will be given the chance to revive his Man United career next season.

The report claims that the midfielder told his teammates that Ten Hag is a 'demanding' boss, and they would be 'in for a shock' once he begins work at Old Trafford.

"The players have been asking Donny about Ten Hag because he's played under him before. He told them his training sessions are on a different level to what they've been used to and they'll have to run like they've never run before," the newspaper quotes a source as saying.

"Donny told them he's really intense, a perfectionist, who does one-on-one training himself with the players. He controls every aspect of his players, including their diets. The basic message was he's not one to cross - it sounds like one strike and you're out."

Van de Beek is set to return to Man United at the end of the 2021-22 campaign, and he still has more than three years left to run on his contract with the Premier League club.