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Simon Mullock

BIZARRE: Man utd manager target erik ten hag opens up on tragic air crash which still haunts him | Mind Blowing Facts

Erik ten Hag was a teenager when one of his best friends was killed in the air crash that claimed the lives of 15 Surinamese footballers.

Almost 33 years later, it’s a tragedy that still haunts the man who will become the next manager of Manchester United.

Ten Hag was a promising central defender just six months away from following Andy Scharmin into the first team of FC Twente, when the 21-year-old left-back was one of the 178 souls lost when a flight from Amsterdam came down on its approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij Airport outside the Suriname capital.

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