Manchester United are considering the possibility of terminating Jadon Sancho’s contract, according to a report.
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Match of the Day host Gary Lineker believes Erik ten Hag's public criticism of Manchester United players has been 'unacceptable' and was a 'no no' during his playing career.
Ten Hag has not been shy at making his thoughts clear on players in press conferences when he feels standards have slipped. Most recently, the Dutchman was involved in a public spat with Jadon Sancho after he called him out following the defeat to Arsenal in September.
Sancho took exception to this on social media and branded himself a 'scapegoat' for United's failings. He has since been exiled from the first-team squad.
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Cristiano Ronaldo also made it clear all was not well between himself and the manager in a tell-all interview with Piers Morgan last year. Soon afterwards, Ten Hag came to an agreement to part ways with the Portuguese legend.
On his The Rest is Football podcast, Lineker was asked whether 'player power' will utlimately defeat Ten Hag. In response, the former Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur striker named the boss' one failing since arriving in Manchester.
"It’s hard to tell with these player power things but it felt like they down tooled a little bit at the weekend against Newcastle, that’s for sure," he explained. "They didn’t exactly put too much effort in.
"I mean sometimes that can be confused with a lack of confidence and when you are losing your way on the pitch. But generally it is the manager that suffers under these circumstances.
"But talking about player power, certainly in the modern age, managing has changed. You have to have the players on board, you can’t just go around b******ing players,
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