Erik ten Hag has been warned he faces an enormous activity rebuilding Matthijs de Ligt’s confidence out of the mud after a disastrous worldwide break for the Manchester United defender.
Valentijn Driessen has despatched the warning to the Manchester United boss at present, via FC Update, believing De Ligt is at a low level.
De Ligt made the transfer to United in the summertime, reuniting with Ten Hag within the hope he may revive the participant that when shone at Ajax beneath his management.
The Dutch defender has had a troublesome few years after strikes to Juventus and Bayern Munich, by no means seemingly becoming in effectively at both membership.
He’s been dealing with flack for that mistake all through the week, though the Dutch media have been going barely excessive, persevering with a summer season during which pundits and analysts seem to have been given a memo to be additional harsh for no specific purpose.
Driessen can now be included in that, warning Ten Hag he has huge work to do to assist his summer season signing.
“Ten Hag has something to pick up. Of course, no player is returning from the Netherlands full of self-confidence. It already went wrong against Bosnia, but against Germany it really went beyond the limit,” he stated.
“When you noticed him afterwards towards Bosnia, it was as if his final earphone had been chewed up. Someone will now have to come back alongside to present him the carry once more, to present him the arrogance.
“That already cost him the World Cup and he didn’t play a minute at the European Championship.”