Recent rumours of disagreements within United's dressing room have been rife, with star Gary Neville confirming that he knows of red Devils players deliberately exposing insider information. Manchester United's Marcus Rashford, Maguire and Fred and other players want to debunk rumors on social networking sites, insisting that the players are united and close to each other. Manchester United interim manager Ronnick also said in a pre-match press conference that after sending off some players in January, the atmosphere in the dressing room has improved, and there are fewer unhappy players.
Lonnick confirmed that some players are unhappy because they can't play, including Martial and Van de Beek, who have already left the team, and Lingard, Dean Henderson and others also have the heart to go. While some of the Red Devils who were still forced to stay behind couldn't play, Lonnick stressed that the team's morale was better than in the past.
"I wasn't frustrated by the rumors because I knew it wasn't true." "I tell you, Harry [Maguire] is the captain, there's no problem with that, it's never been a hassle for the whole team and for me as a manager.' As for the other things, honestly, I don't pay much attention to the noise because I'm completely focused on preparing for the next game and doing the training of the team."
Longnick added: "Obviously, I've heard what's been written in the newspapers, but I can only tell you from what I've seen and heard over the last 12 weeks that there were players who were unhappy before the winter transfer window closed because, as I've always said, United's squad is too big, we have too many players to get playtime, and it's inevitable that the situation has improved now. What I can tell you is that the atmosphere in the dressing room is better than it was two weeks ago, for the reasons I said earlier."
However, Lonnick also reminded The United players that verbal debunking is not convincing, and only excellent performance on the pitch can calm the rumors. "You're right, for us, the key is to perform well, to be united on the pitch, to play at the best level, to win the game, and that's our job. These are tasks that the team can do, and we can't control other aspects."
British media rumors, C Ronaldo and Maguire competed for the position of captain of Manchester United, and has a showdown with Lonnick, England's 80 million pounds Iron Guard refused to hand over the captain's armband.
Ronnick denied this: "First of all, I must say that this is nonsense. I've never talked to any player about the possibility of changing the captain, harry is well aware, Cristiano [Ronaldo] and the other players know that I've never had that plan."
Lonnick explained that he saw no reason for United to change the captain. "The captain is up to me, and I don't think there's a reason to discuss it with anyone else, Harry is the captain and he will continue to be the captain until the end of the season, there's nothing else to add."
The following week, Manchester United will play on both the Premier League and the Champions League, with three key games, and Lonnick believes that these games are important, to play one by one, starting with Sunday's away game against Leeds United.
"I only learned a few weeks ago that the relationship between Manchester United and Leeds United is one of the most intense derbys in the Premier League, and I have experienced hot derbies in Germany, like Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund's Ruhr derby. Manchester United have experienced players in their squad who can improve their performance in this atmosphere. When I visited Elamro last year, it was still an empty game, and everyone wanted to play in a full stadium, so I was looking forward to it." Lonnick said, "It's important to get off to a good start. For Brighton, we had difficulties in the first half, and the reason for turning the situation around in the second half was to dare to take risks and press the other side in the half. The same is true for Leeds United, they have their own way of playing and we have to be more aggressive."