Gary Neville feels history is repeating itself at Old Trafford (Picture: Sky Sports)
Gary Neville says it is ‘Groundhog Day’ at Manchester United amid reports that manager Erik ten Hag has lost the dressing room.
The Dutchman is said to have lost the faith of 50 per cent of his squad with players questioning his ‘robotic’ management style.
Ten Hag guided United to glory in the Carabao Cup last season, delivered a top-four finish and led them to the FA Cup final in his first campaign at the helm.
But this term has been more tricky thus far, with United seventh in the table after 14 games and in danger of crashing out of their Champions League group.
Ten Hag has faced issues with several players, reportedly falling out with Raphael Varane as well as exiling Jadon Sancho after a public bust-up.
The United boss has also been criticised over his recruitment, style of play and decision to make Bruno Fernandes captain.
United legend Neville has offered five words to sum up claims that Ten Hag has now lost the dressing room, posting on Twitter: ‘Here we go. Groundhog Day.’
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‘This is far bigger than Ten Hag,’ he told Mail Sport. ‘He has players in that dressing room who are snakes as far as I am concerned.
‘Players who aren’t running. Bruno Fernandes isn’t running. Marcus Rashford isn’t running. Anthony Martial isn’t running. They are talented players so why? Bruno Fernandes, I don’t know what position he plays. But Bruno is the captain.
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‘If Roy Keane was captain, if Steve Bruce was captain, if Bryan Robson was captain of that team would they be allowing what goes on out on the field? It is the manager who carries the can but would they allow players not to run back and not pull their weight?
‘I can imagine the Newcastle players in the dressing room before that game [on Saturday]. I imagine them having to be held in and then bursting and ready to explode. That’s how I imagine an Eddie Howe dressing room feels.
‘And then on the other side you have Manchester United and their dressing room which is just full of prima donnas.’
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