It's no secret that Manchester United will require an extensive squad rebuild in the years ahead if they are to stand any chance of competing for the major trophies again.
A hotchpotch team assembled by various different managers has stumbled through another underwhelming season and appear to have all but given up the fight in recent weeks.
The man tasked with sorting out this mess appears to be the Ajax manager Erik ten Hag and he's going to need plenty of time, money and patience to restore United to former glories.
Erik ten Hag faces a busy first summer if he takes the Manchester United job, with urgent decisions needed on which players to sell and who to bring in
But one factor in the Dutchman's favour is that Ajax are accustomed to rebuilding parts of their team pretty much every summer.