Gary Neville slams Man Utd stars over 'betrayal' of Erik ten Hag

Gary Neville has hit out at the Manchester United squad for an alleged leak during the last week. Multiple reports emerged earlier this week claiming that Erik ten Hag had lost the belief of the dressing room, something the Dutchman later denied.

Not only that, but the reports led to drastic action from the club, who banned a number of news companies and networks from their latest press conference. United said that they had not been asked to comment on the report and were not happy with the situation. It has caused yet another storm off the pitch at Old Trafford, but former United legend Neville feels players may be to blame for leaking the story.

“I have been soft on the [Manchester United] players for 12 months because I’ve focused on the rotten environment with the ownership, there’s difficulties at the club for players to succeed just with everything that’s around them," he said on the Stick To Football podcast. "A lot’s not right with the club, and hopefully new ownership will sort it out. 

“But what we’ve heard from Nemanja Matić in the last week about lateness is something that just riles me. The biggest betrayal you can have in a football dressing room is when players or players’ representatives are going to the media to undermine the manager and other players in your dressing room. Honestly, that is unforgivable. For me, I concentrated when I heard these stories on ‘here we go again, they’re going to try and get another manager sacked’, ‘another group of players thrown out’, and you know it's happening and that it’s been fed. 

"I thought ‘stop winging, shut your mouths, work as hard as you can, and the day after, come back and do it again’ – that’s it. I have some sympathy with them at the moment and how it is at the club, the continuing poor recruitment, negativity, lack of sporting department. I’ve given them a pretty easy ride – but I have no sympathy at all for them if they are leaking stories or if they are being late.”