Saha: United need the leadership of the core team and reports of the dressing room are normal

Former Red Devils player Luis Saha said in an interview that United should avoid dividing the dressing room into small groups, which is not conducive to the team's title race.

Saha played for the Red Devils from 2004 to 2008, winning two league titles, one Champions League and one League Cup. The former French player said an important factor in United's success was that local players formed the core of the team, setting standards and maintaining the club's culture.

Saha said: "In our dressing room, Sir Alex Ferguson is the commander-in-chief and as a player, if you provoke right and wrong for no reason and don't have the support of the team, you are in big trouble. We always maintain a balance. ”

'The dressing room is well managed and there are British natives like Scholes, the Neville brothers, they know the club from top to bottom.

'There's a team of eight or nine players who know the standards we need, and that kind of team is not seen in today's Manchester United squad.'

"It's difficult for an outsider to grasp these values. I'm not saying it's completely impossible, but I believe in a team like Liverpool they have three or four local players who really understand the culture and mentality of the club and that's why they win the title. ”

"To be successful you have to have those elements, it's important that if there's not enough unity in the dressing room, then you can't win the title. Although I was a foreigner at the time, we all understood. ”

"Giggs, Scholes, Roy Keane, Wes Brown, they made the rules and nobody was going to argue with them because they were all winners."

There are now many reports of discord within the Red Devils and Saha believes it is necessary for the players to be honest with each other if United can become a contender for the title.

"It's perfectly normal for these reports to appear, the players themselves have a competitive relationship with each other, if it is always calm, it is not normal."

'The important thing is that the players know the criteria for winning the title and sometimes you have to have a straightforward conversation, even if it's a bit difficult.

'When you play for Manchester United, these arguments are always there, the players need to motivate each other, push each other and the fundamental goal is to come up with their best performances.

'It's also normal for the locker room to leak out, with agents sometimes using the media to fight for players' interests and sometimes helping them seek transfer opportunities.

'Some players also deliberately leak something, but usually when these reports come up, it means the team is deliberately improving and expecting a response.

"There are many ways to motivate players and sometimes negative coverage comes into play. I don't want to comment on these speculations because I don't know the whole picture, but these stories will lead me to some conclusions. ”

'When I was at Manchester United, there were winners like Roy Keane who stood up and told the truth, it can be painful to be a player sometimes, but you need to go through that.

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