Erik ten Hag criticised over comments about Sam Lammers

Erik ten Hag came under fire on Wednesday on De Voetbalkantine on ESPN. The verdict was clear: the FC Twente technical director should have handled Sam Lammers' departure better.

Lammers swapped Twente for PSV on Wednesday, with the club paying two million euros for the forward. "We are happy with how we did that," Ten Hag said in a brief response to ESPN.

"We have been consistent and have provided very clear clarity, so everyone knows where they stand. That then allows everyone to make their choices as well. We have two very good strikers," Ten Hag said, referring to Wout Weghorst and Lucas Vennegoor of Hesselink.

Club watcher René Wegelaar questioned the clarity Ten Hag was talking about. "Lammers was at a dead end. In May he indicated that he would not extend. When he knew Weghorst was coming, he thought: I’m leaving here. But then, of course, Twente did not handle it nicely."

"They should have said: we are going to sell you in the summer. You will play everything from minute one. Weghorst will come later and then become the number one. But we are going to sell you properly through the front door. That is best for all parties. But, of course, they did mess Lammers around. It did not go well," Wegelaar said.

Presenter Wouter Bouwman then brought up Ten Hag's comments about clarity and acting properly towards Lammers. Wegelaar was having none of it.

"I have heard different stories from people close to it. It was not that clear. Lammers indicated that he was not going to extend. Twente were keen to sell him, because Weghorst was coming. And he would never have been able to beat him to it," said the Twente watcher.