Source from the Ajax and the dutchman's comforted in an interview last week talks over compositions and how to handle a formal announcement had taken place, after he impressed in his interview.
Manchester United united have any official discussions and caused such an advanced reading of the situation "premature".
The club have stuck to that line, insisting no deal has been done with United position is also that the process is still underway with multiple candidates and they will not be providing running commentary on it.
The Ajax Boss has a year left on his Ajax contracts but excellent relations between the clubs have made talks more straight-forward and the eredivisie club will not stand in his way.
He has long been admired internally, is the popular candidate and what is the easiest to secure on their shortlist of four.
Mauricio pochettino has been his only true rival for the job but negotiating with Paris Saint-Germain will be an altogether different prospect than dealing with Ajax. The Dutch club have been helpful rather than extractive and it is understood Ten Hag compensation price is a lowly £1.7m compared to £15m for the Argentine.
Football director John Murtough and technical director Darren Fletcher let the search for a new manager, CD into chief executive Richard Arnold and joint chairman the Joel Glazer.
The letter pair have understood to have plumped for Ten Hag over Pochettino,who twice before had been the clubs favoured choice to take charge.
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