According to British media reports, Ralph Lonnick's recent series of words and deeds have completely lost the dressing room of Manchester United, and many of his decisions and public statements have made the underperforming players very dissatisfied.
Manchester United's star Jesse Lingard revealed last weekend that the dressing room at Old Trafford is now a disaster. Interim coach Ronnick has also become an unpopular figure among the players. Because privately told the British media "The Times" that the players were selfish and inflated, the dressing room was "toxic", and lacked faith and confidence.
This pessimism is the result of a combination of factors, including Lonnick. Since he took office, he has not been able to conquer the entire Manchester United team than the coaching team, and even Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who can at least make the players happy.
It is reported that a veteran player has determined his distrust of Lonnick and his team in January, when Manchester United still has hopes of competing for the top four, but recently the whole team has been having problems on and off the pitch, and it is gradually moving away from the top four.
In the 4-0 away defeat to Liverpool's feet, Lonnick's tactical arrangement surprised the players. United line up a three-centre-back system, with Maguire, Lindelof and Phil Jones without speed at the back, Pogba and the aging Nemanja Matic at the back, but Lonnick arranged a high forward press, which was equivalent to exposing the weak ribs of the defense to fast horses such as Salah, Mane and Luis Díaz. In the end, Lonnick gave up his new formation in the first half.
The 63-year-old's recent frank style of Lonnick has also made the dressing room resistant, saying that the team needs 10 new signings and must undergo "open chest surgery" reconstruction, which is equivalent to directly saying that the existing players are completely incompetent, and the players will certainly not welcome it. Moreover, The Manchester United board has also been critical of Lonnick's view, saying that the Red Devils are six years behind Liverpool, which is tantamount to implying that management's operations in the past few years have been useless. As a result, Lonnick has offended both United players and senior executives, and his advisory role for two years after this summer is likely to be thrown idle. Fans with a good memory will not forget how Mourinho lost the trust of the United dressing room and the top management, just like Lonnick is now.
For many of the big-guy players in the Manchester United dressing room, Tenhag also seems to be quite jealous, and the British "Daily Mirror" said that the Dutchman will have a one-on-one video conference with his future disciples in advance to seize the opportunity before he officially takes charge.
Tenhag will not officially take office until after June, but he will already begin to evaluate the team, eager to get to know each player as soon as possible. As a result, the 52-year-old Ajax boss plans to have online talks with every Manchester United player through "Zoom" over the next 3 weeks, including several players whose contracts are about to expire, such as Pogba, Cavani, Mata and Jesse Lingard.
The new Manchester United manager wants to be able to get to work immediately when he arrives in Manchester, rather than getting acquainted with the team slowly, so he needs to quickly decide which players to keep and which players to purge. Some United players also believe that Tenhag will also determine who the future captain is in the process, and the current Red Devils captain Maguire may not be able to keep the armband.
A United source said: "Eric [Tenhag] has a meticulous plan, he wants to figure out the mentality and situation of everyone at the club, discuss the future with them and see who wants to stay and who wants to leave. He plans to give every player a chance to discuss any issues privately before he takes charge so that he can take the lead in the summer."