Manchester United’s Erik ten Hag has now reunited with Lisandro Martinez – but he isn’t the only player that the manager has signed twice.
Ten Hag, who has previously been in charge of Go Ahead Eagles, Bayern Munich ll, FC Utrecht and Ajax, likes to link up with some of his former players.
We’ve taken a look at the six players Ten Hag has bought more than once and how they fared under him.
Nick Marsman
Ten Hag worked with Marsmann in the FC Twente academy and then signed him on a season-long loan deal after becoming the Go Ahead Eagles manager in 2012.
The goalkeeper kept eight clean sheets in 38 appearances in the Dutch second division as Ten Hag led the team to promotion via the play-offs.
Ten Hag and Marsman both left Go Ahead Eagles at the end of the 2012-13 season but then reunited at FC Utrecht four years later.
The 31-year-old made just one FC Utrecht appearance under Ten Hag – who left for Ajax in December 2017 – but still enjoyed working with him.
“He’s very ahead tactically, he learned from Pep [Guardiola] at Bayern,” Marsman told The Sun. “I like his style. It’s a pleasure watching the teams he coaches.
“He likes to play like Pep does at Manchester City, very attacking, playing out from the back.”
Quincy Promes
Alongside Marsman, Promes also joined Go Ahead Eagles on loan in 2012-13 after previously working with Ten Hag in FC Twente’s academy.
The winger flourished under Ten Hag’s tutelage and became their standout performer, registering 17 goals and 11 assists in 42 appearances in all competitions.
“The coach was key to the success. He was very hard on me, and at first I didn’t understand why, but I came to realise that I needed it,” he said.
Promes spent the following season back at FC Twente and then had four years at Russian side Spartak Moscow. He had a difficult season at Sevilla in 2018-19 before returning to the Netherlands and joining Ten Hag’s Ajax in a €15.7million deal.
The 30-year-old got 21 direct goal contributions in his debut season, including a goal and assist in Ajax’s 4-4 draw with Chelsea in the Champions League.
But midway through the 2020-21 season, he was arrested on suspicion of stabbing a relative during a family gathering and Promes signed for Spartak Moscow a few weeks later.
Quincy Promes has been directly involved in 4 goals in 4 #UCL games this season (3 goals, 1 assist) 🔥🔥🔥@QPromes | @AFCAjax pic.twitter.com/rz5aaARsVx
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