Ronaldo & Sancho cause Ten Hag to lose Man Utd dressing room

Carlo Garganese

• 11 Oct 2023 15:30 BST
• 3 min read

Erik ten Hag has lost the Manchester United dressing room due to his treatment of Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho, according to Alan Brazil.

Ten Hag has had two big falling outs with players ever since being appointed as Man Utd manager in the summer of 2022.

The first was with Cristiano Ronaldo during the first half of last season.

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Ten Hag humiliatingly dropped the Portuguese legend, leading to Ronaldo publicly blasting the manager in an interview with Piers Morgan. This eventually led to Ronaldo having his contract terminated before last Christmas.

Ten Hag has had another big bust-up with Sancho this season, publicly criticising his professionalism and poor training. Sancho replied essentially calling Ten Hag a liar, leading to the winger being banished from the first team squad and put up for sale.

Ex-Man Utd striker Brazil told his TalkSport co-host Ally McCoist that his handing of these two bust-ups has led to him losing the dressing room.

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What did Brazil say about Ten Hag?

“Do you know what Ally - and I know you've got to be careful what you report on - this is only what I heard from a United player who told someone we know very well,” Brazil said.

“He said, the players are not having the manager, they're not having him, definitely not.

“By all accounts they're disgusted at the way he treated Cristiano and they say Sancho is a great guy who works his socks off, so I don't know who to believe to be honest.”

Man Utd have endured their worst start to a season in over 30 years, losing six of their first 11 games.

Ten Hag’s position remains under scrutiny after such a bad start.