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Erik ten Hag certainly didn’t sound like a man concerned when the subject of Dan Ashworth – seemingly set to be confirmed as Manchester United’s first-ever director of football – was brought up during his Thursday press conference. Quite the opposite, in fact. “In a club as Manchester United you can’t do everything alone,” Ten Hag tells the Manchester Evening News. “It is impossible. You need very good people around you.” With Ashworth potentially joining Omar Berrada, Jean-Claude Blanc and Sir Dave Brailsford at Old Trafford, Ten Hag will certainly not be short of ‘very good people’ working a…