When Erik ten Hag was in charge of Bayern Munich's B team some at the club had a nickname for him: Mini Pep. This had more going for it that just a similar look up top, as it were.
The Dutchman was preaching a style and a philosophy similar to Pep Guardiola's. The two men didn't see an awful lot of each other at Saebener Strasse.
In many ways, their jobs were quite separate. Their teams were competing in different leagues with different targets. But what they did share was an obsession for football and this led to the nickname that Ten Hag was, in effect, just a Dutch Guardiola.
That comparison would have thrilled United fans when Ten Hag was appointed at Old Trafford ahead of the 2022/23 campaign and for much of that season he looked like the man who was finally going to take the fight to Manchester City.
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