Erik ten Hag labelled as a 'dictator' who made 'false promises' by former Bayern Munich player

Erik ten Hag has been labelled as a 'dictator' who made 'false promises' by one of his former players.

The Manchester United boss will have his sights set on Thursday's night encounter with Sevilla in the Europa League quarter-finals, with the tie currently set at 2-2.

However, ahead of the game, there's been some revelations made about the Dutch manager. In particular, about his fraction relationship with one player.

Ten Hag spent two years, during 2013-15, coaching the Bayern Munich reserve team before later moving to Utrecht, Ajax and then United.

It was during those years at Bayern when he would come across Riccardo Basta, who has since revealed the problems that arose when managed by the United boss.

In an interview with Sport 1, Basta said: 'Every child dreams of becoming a professional footballer and at Bayern I was very close to that dream.

'But I was laughed at, and false promises were made. After my first contract extension, he [Ten Hag] told me that they were counting on me and that there was a plan for me.

'I was supposed to become a link between the first and second team and occasionally be in the squad. I thought that was great, of course. In the end, however, nothing came of it.

'Personally, I did not have a good relationship with Ten Hag. He was almost a dictator. He had a plan and we players had to follow it.'

After spending five years in the Bayern academy set-up, Basta would eventually leave the club in 2017.

The 28-year-old has had stints at multiple different clubs across the German football leagues and has now wound up at fifth-tier side VfL Garching.

Ten Hag, on the other hand, spent two years as reserve team coach in Munich and led the team to the Regionalliga Bayern.

He would eventually leave to join Dutch side Utrecht as sporting director and head coach in 2015, where he would spend two years before leaving for Ajax.