That’s despite interest from United, where there is admiration for Nagelsmann at board level.
But the Telegraph say the club feel Nagelsmann’s appointment would have seen the club repeating mistakes of the past.
While Nagelsmann is respected, the German likes to play a specific brand of football with wing-backs and three at the back.
There was therefore an acceptance at Old Trafford that the team is not geared towards Nagelsmann, and almost that the club was not ready for the German.
Instead, United will focus on creating a ‘game model’ at the club through the work of Jason Wilcox, who has been appointed as technical director.
It will be Wilcox’s job to create a coherent system that will produce suitable players for the first team and academy, that are geared towards playing a similar brand of football.
United have bounced from manager to manager since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013, and they’ve allowed each coach too much say in transfer policy.
Ten Hag has been allowed to primarily sign players from Holland, and often players that he has worked with before.
