Marcus Rashford is leading a player ‘mutiny’ against Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag, a bombshell report has revealed.
During his debut campaign at Old Trafford, Ten Hag was able to bring out the best in Rashford, who finished with a career-high 30 goals and 11 assists in 56 games. Nevertheless, Rashford has not been able to capitalise on that incredible season, as he has only scored twice in 20 games this year.
Additionally, Ten Hag has been playing 19-year-old rising talent Alejandro Garnacho at left wing in recent weeks, suggesting that the England international has lost his starting position. Rashford was left with no choice but to play as a substitute, entering the game in the closing fifteen minutes against Chelsea and Bournemouth in the Premier League.
Midweek, Man Utd defeated Chelsea 2-1 at home behind a much-needed strong showing from Scott McTominay, who scored another significant brace. But on Saturday, the Red Devils suffered a major setback as they were outmatched and outplayed in an unexpected 3-0 home loss to Bournemouth.
And it appears that Man Utd is drawing nearer to firing Ten Hag. Senior players are losing faith in the Dutchman, and some are even anticipating Sir Jim Ratcliffe to wield the axe when he comes at the club, TEAMtalk exclusively revealed on December 5.
The most recent report from Football Insider claims that one of the well-known players spearheading a “dressing room mutiny” against his management is Rashford.
Clearly, the 26-year-old will not be happy about having to settle for a bit-part role of late. But he also has three major concerns about the way Ten Hag is managing the team.
The report reveals that Rashford does not believe Ten Hag can get the best out of his players. Plus, Rashford does not like his style of play or his training methods.
Ten Hag at growing risk of Man Utd sack
There have also been suggestions that the former Ajax boss lost as much as half of the dressing room over his handling of Jadon Sancho. It seems the Man Utd players feel Sancho was treated too harshly and would have liked him to have been reintroduced to the squad months ago.
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville detailed the club’s pernicious management cycle in his Sky Sports blog.
“I’m afraid for Erik ten Hag in general, not just this week. Liverpool and Bayern Munich [should] take care of themselves. “What is meant to happen will happen,” he penned.
The same pattern keeps happening: the manager has a mediocre season and is given a lot of authority. A manager then steps in and signs his own players who he prefers because there is no power above him to say “no” when he wants players.
“We’ve seen it with Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer,” Neville continued. However, the heads of recruitment are not managers or coaches.
“They lean towards certain players they may have worked with before, and they try to merge them into a team with players that another manager has signed.
“The players then don’t look like they fit together, the atmosphere becomes a bit toxic, there’s a fall-out or two, then the manager starts to come under a bit of pressure. And then usually, they get sacked.
“I’ve been here so many times over the past six, seven, eight years – and it’s happening again before our eyes.”
