Honestly, what the fuck is going on with Ten Hag and United players? Within a season and a half, he has fallen out with Ronaldo, De Gea, Sancho, and Varane, there are even rumors about Casemiro problems. You could say that Ronaldo has a big ego and Sancho is a spoiled brat, but the other two have been model professionals for their entire career up to this point.
We know for a fact that a good manager must be authoritative, but I feel this is going too far. Honestly, this might be the best argument against ETH, not the results. His ego looks gigantic which is necessary to be successful at this level, but you need to control yourself enough to keep the players on your side.
He probably knows exactly what they’ve done and why they’ve done it, but he’s not going to come out and say oh they’ve stopped playing for me because they don’t respect me. But yes they are lazy and just like players at a lot of other clubs it shows there’s to much player power these days that they aren’t held accountable for the poor performances. Downing tools isn’t a slap in the face for the manager its a big fuck you to the club and supporters who spend a fortune to turn up every week to watch them.