Erik ten Hag effectively ended David de Gea’s Manchester Untied career (Picture: Getty)
Senior Manchester United players are angry with Erik ten Hag for the way in which David de Gea’s Old Trafford career was brought to a brutal close.
The club legend departed United in the summer after 12 years of unwavering service, during which he established a reputation as one of the best goalkeepers in the world.
Though his form fluctuated dramatically during the latter stages of his United career, the Spain international won the Golden Gloves award last term and was the club’s player of the year on four separate occasions.
Despite his dedication to the United cause, the 32-year was effectively ushered out of the side door in the summer following a bizarre contract wrangle which denied him the opportunity to say a proper goodbye to the fans he had served for more than a decade.
According to The Sun, Ten Hag’s treatment of De Gea has left a group of players fuming ,with his decision to replace a Premier League winner with Andre Onana hardly helping the Dutchman’s cause.
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Ten Hag sanctioned the £50million signing of a goalkeeper who he had worked with at Ajax, but the Cameroon international has endured a nightmare start to his United career.
Onana was again at fault during Wednesday’s Champions League defeat against Bayern Munich when his ghastly error allowed Leroy Sane to open the scoring in a 4-3 victory for the Bundesliga giants.
Speaking after a defeat that represented a fourth consecutive loss, Onana said: ‘This is the life of a goalkeeper.’
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‘It’s difficult. We started very good. After my mistake we lost control of the game.
‘It’s a difficult situation for us, for me especially because I’m the one who let the team down.
‘We were very good on the ball, they didn’t create any chances, their first shot on target I made a mistake. It was the key point and the team went down because of that mistake. If we didn’t win today it was because of me.’
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