I want to make it clear that in no way defending this approach when managers come to a new club.
The point is that an incoming manager will often choose to go back to the old club, because he knows about the capabilities of the player - absolutely no fucking idea why Ten Haag thought that Anthony would be a success if he knew anything about his temperament and personality !
The bigger criticism is because whilst the above may be the case, they and the recruitment team, must fail to see is that the payer may not adapt to a new and stronger league or the players he is being asked to settle in with.
Poor scouting, player research etc becomes the fly in the ointment, and the rags have plenty of shit experiences to suggest that their whole set-up is a shambles.