Erik ten Hag has retreated back to his hometown to lick his wounds after being sacked as Manchester United manager
On being told that his two and half year tenure at United was being terminated, Ten Hag immediately raced to Manchester Airport where a private Cessna Citation jet was waiting to take him back to the Netherlands.
And within hours of being fired he had travelled some 500 miles back to the comfort of his other home in a small Dutch town where his extended family lives.
And last night the 54-year-old was consoled by his parents Hennie and Joke who visited their son at his £1m modern three storey home near the centre of Oldenzaal.
It’s believed that after his dismissal on Monday the Dutchman didn’t even return to his UK base but raced straight to the jet that was waiting to fly him to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.
There a car was waiting to drive him to Oldenzaal, and his five bedroom home there.
Ten Hag didn’t wait around for his wife Bianca or their three children.
It’s understood they remained behind at his home in Cheshire where Bianca will sort out admin matters before joining him in the Netherlands.
One neighbour said: ‘It’s no surprise that Erik was visited by Hennie and Joke.
‘They are a close family and his parents are very proud and very, very supportive.
‘In fact everyone around Oldenzaal is very proud of him and very respectful of the ten Hags.
‘He can relax and feel like he has his privacy when he is here – and I’m sure that’s very different to what he experienced in Manchester and why he was quick to return.’
Ten Hag was sacked after a disastrous start to the season with United placed 14th in the Premier League.
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