Wayne Rooney has spoken out following the whirlwind season that Manchester United have simply endured.
The Pink Devils slumped to their worst-ever Premier League spot, ending eighth, whereas they completed backside of their Champions League group, behind Bayern Munich, Galatasaray, and Copenhagen, respectively.
However the aspect continued to choose up silverware underneath head coach Erik ten Hag, triumphing 2-1 over Manchester Metropolis to clinch the FA Cup.
The win implies that, regardless of the poor league end, United will likely be heading again to Europe subsequent season, this time to characteristic within the Europa League.
The way forward for Ten Hag stays unsure because the membership have up to now failed to point whether or not or not he’ll stay at Outdated Trafford for subsequent season.
However the membership’s all-time top-scorer, Rooney, talking on The Overlap, delivered to you by Sky Bet, has stated that the problems the aspect have confronted predominantly come all the way down to a scarcity of management within the dressing room.
“Firstly, I might say you want round 5 gamers in a dressing room that may lead a group,” he stated. One factor I might say with Manchester United now could be, I have a look at the group and also you’re nonetheless asking questions on who the chief is. I do know Bruno is the captain, however who’re the leaders there?
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“I stated this a number of weeks in the past, when Marcus Rashford was getting caught for his physique language. I feel he’s all the time been like that. I don’t assume he has ever been a giant talker on the pitch. When he’s going by means of a tricky second, otherwise you need him to work just a little bit more durable, that’s the place the senior gamers have gotten to demand that from him.
Rooney continued: “That’s the one factor I’d say that I don’t see. Each time Manchester United concede a aim their heads go all the way down to rapidly and also you nearly assume there isn’t a method again their getting again into the sport.”
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