Erik ten Hag says he's proud to be Manchester United manager.

In April, Pep Guardiola said Ten Hag "could be one of the ones" to replace him at Manchester City. Guardiola has entered the final year of his contract.

Ten Hag's Ajax deal was also due to expire in 2023 but rather than stay in Amsterdam he accepted the challenge of managing United.

He said, "It's a nice compliment, first, but I'm 100 per cent convinced I choose Man United with everything in it and I didn't regret it for one second until now."

Ten Hag was coach of Bayern Munich II when Guardiola coached the first-team and lauded the Catalan.

"First of all, it's most important no person is the same, so I have to stick by myself and then I learn a lot from many human beings in football, especially from top coaches.

"And I admire Pep Guardiola a lot because he's not only successful, he's doing it in a certain way that really attracts people to football and that is a reward."