MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said he would have preferred not to play against his former club, FC Twente, in the Europa League because it’s “not nice to have to hurt something you love.”
Ten Hag began his playing career at FC Twente and returned as a coach before becoming a first-team manager.
The Dutch side visit Old Trafford in the Europa League on Wednesday and Ten Hag admitted he would rather be facing another team.
“FC Twente has brought me a lot,” Ten Hag told a news conference on Tuesday. “I was put through their academy, I was part of the generation of the first youth team when the youth competition was started up again after many years, so for me there is a great deal of history there.
“I would have preferred to play against someone else. It is not nice to have to hurt…
