The build-up to Liverpool vs Man Utd this weekend has already started.
With their prospects of making it to the knockout stage hanging by a thread, Erik ten Hag’s team will play their final Champions League group match against Bayern Munich on Tuesday night at Old Trafford. It will be a crucial week of matches.
Following their humiliation at the hands of Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Saturday, United will next travel to Anfield on Sunday in an attempt to get back on track in the Premier League. For the Cherries, Marcos Senesi, Philip Billing, and Dominic Solanke all hit their marks.
On the eve of United’s match against Bayern, Scott McTominay has finally acknowledged that, although it has occasionally been “toxic,” the players are “firmly behind” Ten Hag.
“First and foremost, it is the players’ responsibility,” he stated. We’ve had a lot of amazing players, and at this point, the dressing room is full of major characters.
“The boys are fully behind the manager; it’s not just that, like, with some of the past managers, it has been a little bit toxic at times.
“Our coaching staff is outstanding. It is that simple: all we want is to succeed for the football team.”
Previously, he stated: “As a team, we have not been blind to the fact that we are inconsistent. We have discussed it with the coaching staff.
We are unable to utilise the strict timeline as a justification. We need to work together as a group to find the solutions to that.
“Every squad in the Champions League and the Premier League is incredibly athletic, and we expect you to surpass that level of performance when you play for this team.
“The manager can’t do too much from the sidelines, it needs to come from the players.”
However, it was widely reported just before McTominay remarked that Erik ten Hag would not tolerate any sales that would deplete his team, even though United is open to bids for Casemiro, Raphael Varane, Jadon Sancho, Anthony Martial, and Donny van de Beek in January.
The opening page of incoming investor Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s book on the success of his petrochemicals company, INEOS, was also reported to be “a far cry from Bruno Fernandes clutching his untouched face in the Liverpool debacle recently,” according to the Daily Mail.