Erik ten Hag using Tour de France secret weapon to continue Manchester United revolution

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Erik ten Hag has been looking at success in other sports to try and coax the best out of Manchester United. The Dutchman is always looking for small margins of improvement and it's been revealed he has sought help from the man who masterminded Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France triumph last year.

The United manager is close friends with Merijn Zeeman, the director of the Dutch cycling team, Jumbo Visma. Zeeman, who first acquainted himself with Ten Hag at Ajax, has revealed his role in trying to help the United squad.

He advised Ten Hag that the group needed more one-to-one contact after bringing him with the team during their World Cup break in Spain. READ MORE: Manchester United have not missed any of the farewell five Want to join our MUFC Pro club for a totally ad-free version of the MEN’s Man United app packed with premium features? Click here Erik recognised that in successful teams in football and cycling, there is a lot of overlap," he said. “I like to look at what he is doing at Manchester United. “In sport, people often think that if we put a puppet in place it will work.

But it starts with a culture, then a structure, then a strategy and then you move on. “Erik and I recognise this in each other and we think very much alike.