According to Western media reports, Manchester United's 20-year-old wingers Alejandro · Garnacho are also dissatisfied with Ten Hag's coaching, and even threatened to transfer to Barcelona in the future if the situation does not improve. Although the 54-year-old theoretically promoted Garnacho's "mentor", the Argentina international did not approve of him.
Garnacho has been at odds with Ten Hag on a number of occasions in the past, most recently by praising his idol Cristiano Ronaldo's criticism of the Manchester United manager's statements. He also recklessly continued to celebrate with the signature moves of the Portugal superstar after scoring a goal, leaving Ten Hag helpless.
Since his debut, Garnacho's relationship with Ten Hag has also experienced many turmoil, the first season he was abandoned for late meetings, and last season he knocked on the side to ask for the number 7 shirt, Ten Hag gave the number to new signing Mason · Mount.
United have had a difficult start to the season and Garnacho has been rotated up front and has had to move to Rashford's position on the left and right. Garnacho, on the other hand, is arguably United's most effective striker this season, contributing four goals and three assists in 11 appearances.
According to the Spanish media "World Sports", Garnacho and many other Manchester United players are not satisfied with the current situation, although he will not be passive, but if there is no change, he will consider a change of environment in the future. Tired of Ten Hag's indiscriminate rotation, Garnacho's agent even contacted Barcelona. Serie A's Juventus are also keeping an eye on the situation, often bringing in Manchester United players such as Paul Pogba, Angel Di Maria and Patrice Evra.
Aside from not always starting, Garnacho couldn't understand why the coach always substituted him and didn't let him play the full game. The data shows that the "new Ronaldo" can only play 90 minutes on the field three times. Garnacho believes United have not fulfilled the promise he made when he signed his new contract with Manchester United, which was to guarantee that he would fight for the title and play in the Champions League every year.
Garnacho is eager to fight for Manchester United, so he has even played with injuries in his last two games, and after the game against Villa, he announced that he had withdrawn from Argentina's World Cup squad with a knee injury. Ten Hag's use of personnel made him feel that he was in vain, believing that the manager could not play his best.
Manchester United's well-known journalist Andy · Mitten has revealed that club owners Joel · Glazer have had a rare exchange with Red Devils supporters recently, and many have expressed doubts about Ten Hag to him, losing confidence in the coach who has led the team to the championship for two consecutive seasons.
Mitten said: "It's the first time he's sat face-to-face with a Manchester United fan, and the last time he was talking to them on a chat app. It's been a tough week for me and it's not subsided, I didn't think United could beat Villa before the game, but the 0-0 score was good. But United are still under a dark cloud, with a poor start to the season, poor results and an uncertain future for the manager. I think there are very few people in the fans who support Ten Hag anymore.'
However, Barca are not very interested in Garnacho, especially as Manchester United may be asking for a high price for him. It was previously rumoured that Manchester United would need at least £50 million before considering a move. And, if too many people in the dressing room are unhappy with Ten Hag's manager, Sir Jim · Ratcliffe may choose to change the manager rather than purge the players.
But former Manchester United chief scout Mick · Brown believes the squad is worrying and difficult to attract top managers. "I've heard that INEOS wants to find a big name coach to take over Manchester United." Brown told Football Insider, "But I'm not sure if a lot of people are going to be interested in the job, not that there are three or four candidates competing. Because Manchester United have too many players who need someone to deal with. I don't believe managers like Massimiliano Allegri and Thomas Tuchel would want to have the current group of players at Manchester United. There are so many things to worry about in terms of players, and now that the transfer window is over, it's impossible to buy people, so there's only a limit to what can be changed.'