Christmas is always a busy time for professional footballers.
06.12.2023 - 10:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is understood to be in a difficult situation at Old Trafford this week after a disheartening defeat to Newcastle at the weekend.
On Tuesday, MEN Sport revealed a growing list of players and even some staff members were becoming disillusioned with Ten Hag's methods. The article led to the Manchester Evening News and other media outlets being banned from Ten Hag's pre-Chelsea press conference.
Ahead of Wednesday's clash with Mauricio Pochettino's men, United sit 7th and five points behind the Champions League places. Ten Hag claimed in his press conference there are 'no issues' in the squad.
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Matters are looking bleak on the pitch for the Reds but a mutiny within the ranks is unlikely to solve anything. One player who has spoken quite openly about life inside the Old Trafford dressing room is Scott McTominay.
Just last month, following the 3-0 Carabao Cup loss to Newcastle, McTominay showed the sort of attitude which will give United the best shot of escaping their current predicament. "You saw last night it was a difficult game in every aspect, in terms of the result," he told MUTV.
"But the fans are always there and are always behind us. I feel like the players feel that whenever we go back inside the dressing room - the anger is towards ourselves and also the anger is towards not pleasing the fans and giving them what they want.
"I can assure the fans that’s probably the most important thing in the players’ heads, we want to do it for the people who travel home and away and watch every single game and support us. I feel like we’ve got more
Christmas is always a busy time for professional footballers.
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