Manchester United have not been able to catch a break at left-back this season and it continues to hamper them in other positions across their misfiring team.
14.09.2023 - 09:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester United players are leaving the club's Carrington training complex later now as they are kept in for lunchtime meals.
United are maximising their recently-refurbished canteen and new head chef Omar Meziane as part of manager Erik ten Hag's nutritional drive.
Ten Hag identified nutrition as one of the three key areas United were flagging in when he took over in May 2022 and Meziane was hired from the Football Association earlier this year.
United players are now leaving Carrington at around 2pm when they were previously free to depart at lunchtime.
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Many would often dine in restaurants in nearby Hale or Alderley Edge but restauranteurs in Cheshire's 'Golden Triangle' have complained at the sudden absence of United players in the villages during daytime.
None of the United players have grumbled about Ten Hag's tweak to their training schedule.
Ed Leng was promoted to the head of physical performance in March after spending nearly four years as United's lead sports scientist and United made modifications to their nutritional analysis at the start of their pre-season tour of the United States in July.
Players started to wear continuous blood glucose monitors to study their individual nutrition strategy on matchday, as well as sweat patches to analyse their hydration levels.
United staff have backed Ten Hag unequivocally with a "football-first" strategy which has involved changing the home dugout at Old Trafford, the restoration of the players' lounge at the stadium, a tiered briefing room at Carrington and additional developments at the training ground.
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