Erik ten Hag may never return to football management while holding his options open after his resignation by Manchester United.
Ten Hag was rejected earlier this season by United and replaced by Ruben Amorim, who found life hard with the club that struggled in the Premier League in the 15th.
Since his departure, the Dutchman has not adopted any other job and he has not been planting anything in particular and reveals that he has no idea whether football management is in his future.
Since he packs his office in Old Trafford, Ten Hag has decided to stay closer to home when it came to stay busy.
“There are so many other things that I could do,” Ten Hag said in a podcast appearance with SEG stories.
'Maybe in football, in a new position as a manager. That is an option. And maybe something completely different.
'I have worked with my brothers lately. We have our own company. Or rather: they have their own company.
'But we also run a company together with our father. That is also something I like to do, I can now give that more attention and it is also very nice. '
The ten Hag family is one of the rich most in the Netherlands because of their successful real estate company.
That was founded by the father of Ten Hag, Hennie, in 1967 and still goes strong.
The family also owns various financing companies, with ten Hag's brothers Michel and Rico who run them.
But since his exit from Manchester United, who came after the defeat of West Ham, Ten Hag has gotten stuck to help his father and brothers.
Ten Hag speaks with great pleasure about his time at United during the podcast, but does share interesting insight into what he has learned coaching young players.
There were times during his term of office in United, where he was considered too strict by the dressing room and as a disciplinary, something that he later tried to tackle by becoming more personal.
It is a shift that he has noticed if he still takes a job in the excavation.
“For example, this generation is generally difficult to deal with criticism,” he explained.
'Criticism really influences them. The generation where I grew up had much thicker skin. You could be much more direct. If I did that with my players, it would demotivate them. '
Ten Hag's handling of players was a dispute bone for the former United Center Back Raphael Varane.
The Frenchman spoke to his relationship with the Dutchman in a wide interview this month.
“It's hard to find the right words. It was sometimes very tense, “Varane told the athletics.
“Sometimes he did to listen to the feedback of the players.
“Sometimes he made decisions without listening to the feelings of the players. So there were ups and downs. It was sometimes complicated.
“We had a robust discussion. We told each other a few truths, but then I didn't play for almost two months. I said I didn't agree with certain ways to do things about the relationship between him and the team.
'It was not something I thought it was good for the team, because some players were not satisfied at all. It was not good at terms of the relationship with the coach.
“He said,” Okay, I hear what you said “and then I didn't play.”
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