With Man United having suffered back-to-back losses to kick off the marketing campaign, there seems to be unrest within the squad forward of their conflict with Liverpool.
Erik ten Hag is the sixth full-time supervisor to take cost of United for the reason that retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, and he already appears on a well-known path.
David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick all confronted intense criticism throughout their time within the Outdated Trafford dugout, with Solskjaer the longest-serving at just below three years.
And whereas United supporters plan protests on the evening of Liverpool’s journey to Manchester on Monday, Ten Hag may very well be present process inside scrutiny.
In line with the Manchester Evening News, “some United gamers really feel Ten Hag’s method doesn’t go well with their talent set,” with a “extra pragmatic method” most well-liked.
It’s troublesome to pinpoint the precise method Ten Hag has taken to date, notably in his use of latest signing Christian Eriksen, who has been deployed as each a striker and a defensive midfielder.
Within the 4-0 defeat to Brentford final day trip, Eriksen discovered himself underneath relentless stress as a result of novice possession play of David De Gea and Harry Maguire.
The identical report claims that Ten Hag is contemplating dropping Maguire for the go to of Liverpool, with Raphael Varane as an alternative prompt as associate to Lisandro Martinez.
Neither Maguire and Martinez have impressed within the opening two video games to date this season, with the latter, who stands at simply 5’9″, beating within the air by an off-balance Ben Mee for Brentford‘s third on Friday.
Martinez was introduced off at half-time in that sport, with Varane taking his place, however because it stands they may function companions in opposition to Liverpool.
The absence of Maguire can be thought of a disgrace for the Reds, with the England centre-back regularly struggling within the years since his £80 million transfer from Leicester.
However after consecutive attracts with Fulham and Crystal Palace, Liverpool might want to concentrate on their very own points earlier than celebrating these of their opponents as they pursue a primary win of the Premier League marketing campaign.
