The Ten Hag banned the press, lost its temper and attacked it: “Don’t write articles behind our backs”

These are not good times for him Manchester United and less for Erik ten Haagwith ongoing litigation and amid a flurry of rumors suggesting he has lost respect in the locker room and the crisis is irreversible.

For all these messages surrounding the club, the Dutchman decided to ban ESPN, Sky Sports, Manchester Evening News and The Mirror of the press conference before the main match against Chelsea and caused him to lose his courage. “The first one should talk to us and not write articles behind our backs, that’s not the right thing to do”he said Ten Hagsafter a statement from Manchester United confirmed that publishing sensitive information without first speaking to the club “is an important principle to defend and we hope it can lead to a rethinking of the way we work together.”

Speaking about sports, and in front of the media who may attend the press conference, Te Hag was categorical in denying that there was a rebellion in the locker room. “Nothing. In every team, there are always players who play little or nothing and are not very happy. But no problem.. There are a lot of rumors but that doesn’t mean we are distracted,” he clarified.

Regarding his relationship with the players in the squad, the coach of Manchester United He insisted that “I always listen to them and give them the opportunity to speak. If the players have a different opinion than mine I will listen to them. But they haven’t told me anything, maybe one or two.”

Furthermore, for Ten Hag the team is not going through a bad moment. On the contrary, he sees it in an upward line. “We are really improvement. You cannot produce such beautiful football without being united. We are not robots. When you play three games in three days, difficult games, it is tiring to be a problem. It is never an excuse, but there it is,” he explained. before facing Chelsea.