Manchester United legends Roy Keane and Gary Neville are both on the same page when it comes to a major reason why their former club has suffered this season.
There have been frequent reports of a toxic atmosphere inside the Old Trafford dressing room amid an alarming slide in form and results. There has been much instability off the field as the club, and Keane feels such factors have led the players to “throw the towel in” which, he said, is a very worrying sign.
He told Sky Sports: "For the all issues they have, the chaos seems to be all over the club. If you haven't got a decent dressing room, forget about it, you’re in trouble anywhere.
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"We’ve seen with Man United, when things go against them, that’s it, they almost throw the towel in. It’s a bad reflection of senior players at the club.
"Young players getting carried away and thinking they’re players. A bad dressing room, forget about it, you’ve got no chance."
Neville agreed that there was a “sour’ atmosphere around the club, and admitted he doesn't quite know the root cause of where it stemmed from. He added: “You can point to Ole, maybe reaching his height and he couldn't go any further - and got, not sick of the message, but stale and didn't believe he could take over Jurgen Klopp or Pep Guardiola.
“Or, something has disrupted that dressing room, they’ve put the wrong ingredient into the dish and it’s made it go completely sour. That’s the bit that has to be dealt with because these players, they’re not as bad as that points tally that they've got on that board.
“They’re better than that. There is something deeper that is wrong in that dressing room that’s making them play the way they are and making them get results they’re getting.”
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