Erik ten Hag won't have much time to establish an identity for Manchester United next season, according to Emile Heskey.
Ten Hag has survived wide-spread rumours of his being replaced at Old Trafford this summer by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the club's minority owner who took over football operations this year.
Reports indicated a search for a new manager, with several candidates linked to the high-profile job.
However, Ten Hag was given a renewed vote of confidence by the United board, and now the work begins for the Dutchman to improve upon the Red Devils' eighth-place finish in the Premier League last season.
Former Liverpool and England striker Heskey doesn't believe Ten Hag has much time to prove himself under the club's new leadership, and he pointed to the coaching search as proof.
"Unfortunately there's no right way or wrong way to do things in football," Heskey told OLBG. "There's just processes that clubs do.
"In my mind, it being found out that you're touting others for the job is wrong, but it might just be the way that they do it.
"As a manager, you're coming back to a club and you've realised that they've spoken to other managers. So why is it back to you then? Is it because they didn't want you?
"So all these things will be going on in your mind. The thing for Erik ten Hag is that he's won two trophies. He's won trophies whether it’s been a good season or not.
"They're not the team that they were under Sir Alex Ferguson where they were dominant, but they are still massive club wise. Ten Hag has got to really cement and nail down how he wants to play because I haven't seen that yet, that’s the key thing.
"We all talk about the United way and I think he needs to cement his way and cement it now, or he'll be gone very quickly because no one really knows what style of football they are trying to play at this moment in time."
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