Explained: How to correctly pronounce Erik ten Hag’s name

Ajax's head-coach Erik ten Hag takes part in a training session on July 9, 2021 in De Lutte ahead of the next Dutch Eredivisie season. - Netherlands OUT (Photo by Vincent Jannink / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by VINCENT JANNINK/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

There is nothing worse than hearing pundits continuously mispronounce the name of football players or managers.

Obviously, at first, you can excuse the odd mistake – but over time it gets repetitive and lazy.

To save you from any confusion down the line, we’ve found a useful tweet to help everyone correctly pronounce Ten Hag’s name.

One Twitter user shared his dilemma over the pronunciation, arguing that many in the media are getting it wrong, by saying ‘Ten Haaag’. The tagged account is an actress who has lived in Amsterdam and she revealed how to see Ten Hag’s name.

Not the media has no excuse for getting it wrong.

https://twitter.com/annabel_lea/status/1518175299376234498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1518175299376234498%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftribuna.com%2Fen%2Fnews%2Fmanutd-2022-04-26-how-to-correctly-pronounce-erik-ten-hags-name-explained%2F

‘Ten Hahg’ – think of ‘hah!’ like when you find something you thought was lost.

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