According to ESPN, United players are not happy with interim manager Ralph Lonnick's training methods, with the 63-year-old German always putting assistant coach Chris Armas in charge of most of the practice, and the coach was so unsuccessful in major leagues that he could not convince the Red Devils stars.
During solskjaer's tenure, he left training in charge of Carrick and Kierang McKenna, which caused controversy, and now Lonnick is no different from him. Not only that, but some United players are also annoyed by Lonnick's "old-fashioned" training model, which they think is behind, outdated and out of date. When Mourinho led the team, people often shelled his management methods as too traditional and did not meet the needs of a new generation of players.
In daily training, the 49-year-old American coach Armas was ridiculed by the players as "Ted Lasso", a role in the TV series, who is a football coach at an American university, but was later hired as the manager of the Premier League team. The nickname clearly indicates that the Manchester United players believe Armas is incapable of becoming the team's first assistant coach, responsible for daily practice.
Espn reported adding that some players are also unhappy that Lonnick's training always arranges 11-a-side training matches, practicing tactics, formations and organisations rather than improving skills and form. In response, Lonnick responded: "The team's progress over the past few weeks has been there for all to see, and the training we are doing, including important training matches, 11-man vs. 11-man matches, with the aim of improving offensive and defensive fluency, is part of the training sessions."
Referring to the similarities between his close assistant coach Armas and Lasso, Lonnick said: "Honestly, it's nothing, I haven't read any newspapers, I don't know those articles."
In addition to the training arrangement, Lonnick's strict team rules have also made some Manchester United players unable to adapt. The British "Sun" revealed that after Lonnick coached the team, in order to improve the physical fitness of the players, they were forbidden to eat many unhealthy foods and drinks.
Longnick advocated high pressing, but this required physical and will support, and in order to improve the physical condition of Manchester United's players, he redesigned the team's diet, prohibiting them from eating some snacks that are very popular in the UK before the end of the season. British media disclosed that the foods blacklisted by Longnick include: bacon sandwiches, burgers, pizza, red meat, cakes, alcohol and carbonated drinks. In its place are chicken, salmon, healthy fish and more fruits and vegetables.
The source told The Sun: "Ralph (Ronnick) is of high standards and he wants to play high, but the players are not in a good enough shape. So he analyzed all the data and confirmed that players had to reduce their consumption of some foods and increase their intake of other nutrients. For the rest of the season, there will be no bacon sandwiches or burgers, and he also forbids drinking alcohol and orders players to increase their fitness intensity after training."
United treble champions Sheringham believe that the club's hiring of interim manager Ronnick is an absolutely wrong choice and has put the team back in trouble.
"I think Lonnick's arrival is ridiculous." Sheringham explained, "United had a firefighting manager Carrick, then he left and another interim coach, which put a bunch of players who should have played at the highest level and faced uncertainty. This is just the interim manager, and once he decides to rotate or change people, it will cause many players to be unhappy. Because this coach left at the end of the season and was replaced by a completely different person, this anchovy shrimp, how do you play football? So this season is doomed to fail, it's a waste of time."