Former England manager Steve McClaren has compared Erik ten Hag's meticulous planning to Sir Alex Ferguson.
McClaren knows Sir Alex well, as he was assistant manager at Manchester United when they won the treble in 1999.
He worked with Ten Hag at FC Twente, and has praised the young Dutch coach.
"His great strength lies not just in his attention to detail and organisation," McClaren told the Daily Telegraph.
"He has a clear philosophy of how he wants to play football; the environment he wants to create.
"The player progression programme was a key part of Twente. He has done that at Ajax too, for each player from the academy to the first team.
"You look at Hakim Ziyech and now the [Brazilian] striker Antony, a very good player who will be the next one to go. I have seen this Ajax team and it's very good.
"Erik is very disciplined and people have to buy into that and have that work ethic. Tactically he's outstanding.
"He worked with Pep [Guardiola] at Bayern Munich and took in his philosophy too. They called him "Mini Pep" out there.
"He's ready. A lot of top clubs in Germany and England will be out to get him."
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