ERIK TEN HAG has lifted the curtain back on Manchester United's new transfer process. United have been busy in the market this summer , splashing out a combined total of £88.5million on the services of Joshua Zirkzee and Leny Yoro .
5 Manchester United have been busy in the transfer market this summer, signing Joshua Zirzkee and Leny Yoro Credit: GETTY 5 The signings are the first under new Director of Football Dan Ashworth Credit: PA 5 Erik ten Hag has revealed the club's approach to signing players has drastically changed Credit: ALAMY The signings are the club's first under new sporting director Dan Ashworth, who they poached from Newcastle earlier this month. And their recruitment process has changed drastically in the few weeks Ashworth has been in the job, with both he and Ten Hag agreeing on targets before any approaches are made. Ten Hag told Dutch outlet AD: "'With the sporting director we determine the composition of the selection together, together we conduct that process 'We have to agree, otherwise it won't go on.
That's how it was at Ajax. Very simple actually." As well as Ashworth, United have also appointed Jason Wilcox and Christopher Vivell as technical director and interim director of recruitment respectively.
And Ten Hag is more than happy for the trio to scout out potential targets while he focuses on his current crop of players. He said: "In current football, as a manager, you can no longer scout yourself. That doesn't work that way for a long time.
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