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Ajax chief Van der Sar upset with Man Utd boss Ten Hag: He's not helping us

Ajax chief Edwin van der Sar admits he's unhappy with former coach Erik ten Hag and his transfer raids as Manchester United manager.

Ten Hag who he left in May, raided Ajax as Lisandro Martinez joined United for £51m and he was followed by Brazilian winger Antony, who signed for £85.5m in the final week of the transfer window.

Former United goalkeeper Van der Sar, currently Ajax's chief executive officer, is less than impressed that Ten Hag has raided the Eredivisie side.

Speaking to BT Sport, he said: "The fate that Ajax has, we always develop and scout very good players and sometimes young players, if they want to take the next step, they always go to England, Germany, Spain, that kind of thing.

"So, of course we're losing Erik [ten Hag]. We knew we were losing already a great manager. And yeah, he's not really helping us.

"Of course, he took two of our best players also [Antony and Martinez], we got a good transfer fee for them. And of course, that is the fate a little bit that Ajax has."

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