Manchester United players have revealed the attribute about Erik Ten Hag’s management of the team that is ruining dressing room harmony.
Manchester United believe Erik ten Hag’s abrupt approach has played a big part in ruining the dressing room harmony at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils have endured a difficult start to the season, they currently sit eighth in the Premier League having lost five of their opening 10 matches and are outside the Champions League knock-out qualification places.
Ten Hag has built a no-nonsense reputation since arriving at Old Trafford in the summer of 2022 - and has had issues with a number of players since his appointment, most recently Jadon Sancho.
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The hardline Dutchman has been applauded for the way he has ruthlessly dealt with a number of issues involving high profile members of his squad over the past 18 months.
However, figures within the United squad believe Ten Hag’s handling of certain individuals has had a negative impact on team togetherness according to Mail Sport
Ten Hag’s ongoing public dispute with winger Sancho has increased the scrutiny on United’s disappointing campaign thus far.
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Sancho is exiled from United’s squad after publicly disagreeing with his manager’s public statements that he was left out of the squad to face Arsenal in September because of a lack of effort in training.
His refusal to apologise to Ten Hag has seen Sancho completely cut off from the first-team squad to the point where he cannot even eat with the senior squad.
It is understood that United planned to make public any private apology from Sancho, which would have been viewed as a public victory for Ten Hag.
Sancho, though, remains close with a number of players in the United squad despite his banishment
Defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka was photographed with the attacker in New York in September.
Ten Hag was similarly forthright in explaining why Raphael Varane was left out of the side that lost 3-0 to Manchester City on Sunday, claiming his decision to play Jonny Evans ahead of the Four-time Champions League and 2018 World Cup winner.
Last year, Ten Hag’s treatment of Cristiano Ronaldo split opinion as the Portugal legend eventually left the club for Saudi Arabia.
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