Erik ten Hag can’t catch a break at Man United at current, with Marcus Rashford including to his issues on the membership.
Squad morale must be on the ground after latest defeats, with the usual of performances – significantly in opposition to Newcastle within the Carabao Cup – removed from what’s anticipated from a bunch of Man United gamers.
It’s believed that ten Hag’s disciplinarian remedy of Jadon Sancho and Harry Maguire has pushed a wedge by way of the dressing room, with the primary crew apparently cut up on whether or not the Dutchman is coping with the problems arising in one of the best ways.
Information of Rashford’s partying just a few hours after shedding the Manchester derby was all the time going to have repercussions with the supervisor and so it proved.
“I’m conscious of it. I spoke with him about it. It’s unacceptable,’ ten Hag was quoted as saying by The Impartial (subscription required) who additionally observe that the striker will likely be dealing with disciplinary motion in consequence.
“I instructed him, he apologised and that’s it. For us, it’s an inside matter.”
Had been the supervisor getting the kind of outcomes anticipated, not one of the off-field drama can be newsworthy.
Sir Alex Ferguson definitely wasn’t a shrinking violet and dominated Previous Trafford with an iron fist, however his groups nearly all the time acquired outcomes.
Furthermore, lots of Fergie’s stars couldn’t be accused of not placing in a shift while carrying the well-known crimson shirt.
The present squad typically seem like going by way of the motions and that’s a damning indictment on the membership at current.