Sam Allardyce risks Erik ten Hag's wrath with "behind the scenes" Man Utd theory

Marcus Rashford was amazingly near connected the seat for Manchester United’s Premier League clash with Crystal Palace and a fig of comments person been made astir his spot nether Erik 10 Hag

Sam Allardyce believes that "something’s happened down the scenes" betwixt Marcus Rashford and Erik 10 Hag aft the guardant was benched past weekend.

The Red Devils’ guardant had begun the play arsenic 1 of Ten Hag’s archetypal prime attackers. He started each of the club’s opening six games of the caller run successful each competitions.

But helium amazingly dropped to the seat for past weekend’s clash against Crystal Palace - a crippled that yet ended successful a goalless draw. Former Premier League brag Allardyce believes that determination could beryllium an ongoing contented betwixt Rashford and Ten Hag distant from the pitch.

Speaking connected the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast, helium said: "Speculatively, connected caller activities by Marcus Rashford, you wonderment whether it’s a subject script again, and whether something’s happened down the scenes.

“Ten Hag is seemingly highly aged schoolhouse erstwhile it comes to discipline. You’ve got to crook up connected time, nary mobile phones, rightly truthful successful my opinion. Over the years, I person relaxed connected that situation, but I deliberation successful his world, that's the mode helium runs a shot club.

"If you breach that past you’re going to person a subject broadside to it. It’d person to beryllium overmuch bigger than that, but we cognize successful the past he’s been caught connected a nighttime retired erstwhile helium shouldn’t beryllium out. It conscionable breeds up each this speculation again doesn’t it - the full satellite blows up.

"Why is helium not playing erstwhile he’s scored 3 goals successful 2 games? Maybe it’s that, it can’t beryllium a remainder astatine this aboriginal successful the season, and if Marcus Rashford is scoring, Man United request him connected the pitch."

Allardyce’s comments are improbable to spell down good with Ten Hag. Former Tottenham prima Jamie Redknapp and the Dutchman person been progressive successful a warfare of words ever since the second suggested thing similar.

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"It feels similar thing has gone untoward," Redknapp said. "I don't cognize the details. But you don't driblet a subordinate that has scored 2 successful midweek and against Southampton.

"I'd beryllium tense to accidental helium is backmost but helium is showing signs of the Rashford from 2 years ago. It feels similar something's happened possibly this week, I don't cognize the manager's frustration. It is antithetic for a manager to retired players for their lifestyle.

"Sir Alex Ferguson would person ne'er done it, whereas Ten Hag has done it connected a fewer occasions. It is not ever beneficial to the players."

Ten Hag fired backmost successful a property conference up of this week’s gully with FC Twente. He said: “That's crazy. I would astir accidental arsenic a idiosyncratic you are not OK erstwhile you bring specified speculation if you don't cognize what's up. This is conscionable rotation.”

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