Having watched the Reds’ season-closer at Crystal Palace from the stands on Sunday, Erik travelled north and spent time meeting staff across the club on Monday during a first visit to Old Trafford.
It’s a ground and a city that his former Ajax colleague van der Sar knows well, from a trophy-filled spell at the club between 2005 and 2011.
The four-time Premier League winner, 2008 Champions League final hero and now Chief Executive Officer at the Amsterdam club therefore took to social media to bid one final farewell to Ten Hag, as he begins his new job.