'Bruno Fernandes and Man Utd dressing room's Ruud van Nistelrooy comments must be ignored'

Manchester United's elder players reportedly privation the nine to clasp fashionable manager Ruud van Nistelrooy aft the accomplishment of Ruben Amorim, who starts enactment astatine Old Trafford adjacent week

Jamie Carragher has urged Manchester United to disregard players’ pleas to clasp Ruud van Nistelrooy arsenic a manager successful Ruben Amorim's caller set-up.

The legendary erstwhile Red Devils striker was placed successful interim complaint pursuing the sacking of Erik 10 Hag. Van Nistelrooy led United to a 5-2 triumph implicit Leicester City successful the Carabao Cup earlier Sunday’s 1-1 Premier League gully with Chelsea.

Following Thursday's Europa League sojourn from PAOK, helium volition pb the squad for 1 last clip against Leicester successful the Premier League connected Sunday earlier handing implicit to Amorim, who officially starts enactment astatine Old Trafford connected November 11. The aboriginal of Van Nistelrooy, who lone returned to the nine arsenic a manager successful the summer, is unclear close now, with Amorim keen to bring his coaches from Sporting CP with him.

Senior players astatine United, including skipper Bruno Fernandes, privation Van Nistelrooy to stay successful immoderate capacity, study Sky Sports. The Dutchman, 48, is said to beryllium highly-regarded by the squad’s enactment group.

There is besides believed to beryllium a tendency for first-team manager and nine stalwart Darren Fletcher to remain. One root told Sky Sports: "The enactment Fletcher does whitethorn not beryllium the spotlight, but it has been important."

However, fixed their performances this play and past term, Carragher says the players don’t merit a accidental successful the make-up of Amorim’s back-up team. The Sky pundit and erstwhile Liverpool defender said: “I don't deliberation the players should person immoderate accidental successful thing similar that.

“Certainly with the performances they've fixed successful the past fewer years. If it was a highly palmy squad and you had immense respect for the players wrong the dressing country and you valued their opinion, that mightiness beryllium thing you instrumentality into consideration.

"You don't fto players commencement calling the shots, and surely not players astatine Manchester United."

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However, Carragher acknowledged it mightiness really beryllium successful Amorim’s interests to support Van Nistelrooy connected for the remainder of the play astatine least. He added: "I'm definite he's got his squad that he'll bring implicit from Sporting. If helium feels helium needs a connection, idiosyncratic who knows Manchester United, idiosyncratic who knows the squad who's been determination for the past fewer weeks…

"He whitethorn really say, 'can you really enactment with maine till the extremity of the season? Give maine a inheritance of however this nine works, what it was similar successful the past, what it would person been similar this play nether Erik 10 Hag, what are the players like, however did helium train?'

"I don't deliberation helium needfully has to support Ruud van Nistelrooy for the agelong term, but I deliberation the clever play would perchance beryllium to support him till the extremity of the season."

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