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ROB DRAPER: Erik Ten Hag’s impact in his first year at Old Trafford comes as no surprise to his former colleagues in Holland... He comes in, changes the culture and the players always hate it!

There is a corner of a foreign field, in Enschede to be precise, that is for ever dedicated to the man who became known as the Wally with the Brolly as England manager. But in this region of Holland, out in the east and just a few miles from the German border, Steve McClaren is a man revered.

In the corner of FC Twente’s Stadium is a mural of McClaren, trademark grin faithfully replicated, holding the trophy of the 2010 Eredivisie, the Dutch league title. He sits here as one of the club legends, the last coach in the Netherlands to break the Ajax-PSV-Feyenoord stranglehold on the title.