Former Chelsea man John Obi-Mikel has criticized Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag for publicly criticizing Jadon Sancho, saying the Dutchman ought to have handled the matter within the dressing room.
Sancho has been coaching with the U21 staff after refusing to apologize to Ten Hag for calling him a liar on social media. The Englishman’s feedback got here after Ten Hag criticized his training-pitch efficiency. He cited it as the explanation behind Sancho’s omission from the staff that confronted Arsenal on September 3.
The Ten Hag-Sancho subject has divided followers into two factions — one which sees Sancho because the perpetrator and one other that pins it on Ten Hag. Obi-Mikel has firmly pledged allegiance to the latter, suggesting the previous Ajax man ought to have adopted in Sir Alex Ferguson’s footsteps.
Obi-Mikel Slams Ten Hag’s Remedy Of Sancho
Talking on The Obi One podcast, Obi-Mikel mentioned that one can not put the blame on Sancho, because it was the supervisor who made a blunder by calling the winger out at a press convention.
“I believe that [calling Sancho out] ought to be a no-no. All people goes about Sancho not apologizing, I’ve a distinct view on that. My view is that the supervisor shouldn’t have mentioned what he mentioned in public,” mentioned the previous Nigeria worldwide.
“I wouldn’t come out publicly. If you hearken to the ex-United gamers they’ve all mentioned one factor: When issues like this occurred earlier than [during Sir Alex Ferguson], it was handled contained in the dressing room, he dealt with it.”
He continued:
“It doesn’t matter how he dealt with it however he dealt with it. You can’t come out publicly and criticize a participant and say he wasn’t coaching very well.
“What do you anticipate the participant to do? You got here out publicly, I got here out publicly, why do you anticipate me to apologize? I believe it ought to have been handled privately. If he was late to coaching, he wasn’t performing, there’s a distinct option to take care of it.”
Sancho May Go away Manchester United In January
With no decision in sight, Sancho’s Manchester United profession hangs within the steadiness. And in line with famend journalist Fabrizio Romano, a untimely Previous Trafford exit might be the end result of the continued feud between the winger and his supervisor.
As per the Italian journalist, United are nonetheless ready for Sancho to apologize. Nevertheless, if he refuses to take action, the membership will offload him when the switch window opens in January. In the meantime, Italian golf equipment Roma and Juventus have been linked with the England worldwide, however Romano feels a transfer to the Bundesliga appears extra seemingly.
Former membership Borussia Dortmund have emerged as a possible vacation spot for Sancho. The German membership, nevertheless, are but to make up their minds in regards to the switch.
