Erik ten Hag is culled while players paid millions to realise Manchester United’s on-field product remain, posting heartfelt “thank you boss” farewells on social media while still collecting their lucrative pay-packets.
It will remain ever so, but to gauge how culpable the squad are for Ten Hag’s sacking, United sinking to 14th place in the Premier League and 21st in the Europa League, a simple question can suffice: how many of the listing group left behind by the fifth post-Sir Alex Ferguson manager removed by the club would Pep Guardiola take for his supreme Manchester City XI?
