Erik ten Hag was probably unaware that, on the same day he would board a train to London with his players for an FA Cup final the bookmakers and few others gave Manchester United much of a chance of winning, there were club officials meeting representatives of the Brentford manager Thomas Frank.
The manager is leading his country into a fourth major tournament having reached a semi-final, quarter-final and a final.
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