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A mysterious Manchester United player has revealed the team are “without” manager Erik ten Hag and are “disgusted” by the way he treats Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho.
United have endured a poor start to the season and the turmoil has been fueled by a clash between Hag and Sancho, with both men publicly criticizing each other.
exist talk about sportsAlan Brazil told co-host Ally McCoist that he heard the players were “without a head coach.”
He said: “You know what, Ally – I know you have to be careful what you report – that’s just what I heard from a Manchester United player who told us very well.
“He said the players didn’t have a manager, they didn’t have him, absolutely not.
“From all accounts, they were disgusted with the way I treated Cristiano and they said Sancho was a good, hard-working guy, so I didn’t know who to believe, to be honest.”
McCoist responded: “I’ll tell you one thing, you can guarantee it, it’s still not right, is it?”
“No, he said the players don’t own him, they don’t own him,” Brazil added.
Scott McTominay’s heroics in the dying moments before the international break kept Manchester United from falling into full-blown crisis, with his brace setting up a tie against Brentford at Old Trafford Victory was achieved.
The Sancho issue is one of many the Dutch are facing at the moment.
The 23-year-old previously responded to his manager’s comments: “Please don’t believe everything you read! I will not allow people to say things that are completely untrue.
“I performed very well in training this week. I believe there are other reasons for this incident and I will not get involved. I have been the scapegoat for a long time and it is not fair!”
Asked about his decision to drop Sancho, Hag said: “We didn’t select him because of his performance in training. You have to reach the level you were at Manchester United every day. You can make choices up front, so He was not selected in this game.
Ten Hag wants an apology from the former Borussia Dortmund man and will try to get rid of him in the January transfer window if not.
He was effectively called the “Ten Witches” and was a liar after he was dropped from the first-team squad for a poor attitude in training last month during the defeat to Arsenal.
As well as an alleged lack of effort on the training pitch and consistent tardiness, the Daily Mail understands Ten Hague also highlighted Sancho’s influence among his team-mates as worrying, despite sources close to him This was vehemently denied.
Sancho feels like a sheep on the run and seems unwilling to back down at the moment.
Manchester United are also willing to let him leave on loan and subsidize another club to pay the player’s wages of £300 a week.
Ronaldo acrimoniously leaves Manchester United after explosive interview with Piers Morgan.
Ronaldo’s position at the club became untenable after he criticized the club, the Glazer family, head coach Erik ten Hag and his team-mates in interviews.
Ronaldo became the first major star to join the Saudi league after relations with Ten Hag soured and he left under a cloud, the first domino in a mass exodus of talent to the Middle East.