The saga between Ten Hag and English winger Jadon Sancho is one that doesn’t look to be slowing down any time soon.
Yesterday Ten Hag said he wanted an apology from Sancho after his social media outburst claiming that he was a ‘scapegoat’ in the team, following Ten Hag’s decision to not include him in the squad that played Arsenal. Sancho has yet to apologise for his comments. He and others close to him feel as though he has been mistreated and that Ten Hag favours other players over him.
However, other United players have also faced discipline action including Marcus Rashford, Cristiano Ronaldo and Alejandro Garnacho when they have breached required rules or standards.
Sancho has been told to train away from the first team in a personal training programme. He was spotted in a night club in New York during the international break when he was meant to be working with the United staff to get him back up to match fitness.
Ten Hag highlighted the importance of managing the team the way he believes is correct and that no one gets treated unfairly:
“It’s about team construction, the group dynamic, but it’s about the team, the team is above everything else. In that team, anyone plays their role and anyone is different. There are different characters and you have to manage those characters. But the team is always above everything else.
“The club asked me, because there was no good culture before I entered last season, to set some standards. So it’s my job to control the standards.
“Of course, it’s never been someone making one mistake, it’s a whole process before you come to a certain outcome about strict lines. Staff, players, or whoever, if there is a structure to cross lines, you have to be strong, absolutely.”
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