In his UTD Podcast episode, Daley Blind has admitted he was tempted to get in touch with former boss Erik ten Hag when leaving Ajax in January.
The ex-Manchester United defender, who was here between 2014 and 2018, sat down with co-hosts Helen Evans, Sam Homewood and David May in Munich - the home of Bayern, where he currently plies his trade - to discuss a whole host of topics.
One of them was current Reds manager Ten Hag and Blind says that, when he was a free agent, as his time in Amsterdam came to an end, he thought about reaching out to his former boss about a potential return to Old Trafford, but never acted upon it.
“No [I didn't call him],”
said Blind, who admitted he was tempted to contact Erik. “To be honest, he has the same agent as me, so the connection is not that far away.
"But yeah, he did not really need me at that moment. He [had] already bought some players in. [Lisandro] Martinez as well, in the same position, and I am not blaming him for that.
“I am very thankful for the time [I had] with him. I learned a lot from him.”
A left-footed, versatile defender, Martinez has similarities with Blind, and the Dutchman was quick to praise the way Lisandro proved his doubters wrong in his maiden season in English football.
“I think, at the moment I started playing centre back, there were some critical notes about my height or my, how you say it, I don’t look like [Nemanja] Vidic for example!”
he said.
“I think, in England, there is like this image of a centre-back and that is how it should be done and how a player in the centre should look like, the way he is, and I think, nowadays, you can fill it in different ways.
"Martinez, he is a great centre-back.
“He is so aggressive, he’s really good with his feet. He’s really good at tackling.
"You cannot write him off just because he’s maybe not the height you expect him to be. But I think he showed himself directly that he is capable of everything in the Premier League.“
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