One of the few upsides of Donald Trump's presidency was the prevalence of fact-checking. The Washington Post reported in January 2021 Trump's false and/or misleading claims during his four years in the Oval Office totalled 30,573.
Scrutinising embittered Manchester United players is not as taxing. Eric Bailly's resentment towards English players (or, more specifically, Harry Maguire) did not fully stack up against the facts that showed little favouritism towards the dressing room's Anglo contingent last season (apart from with Maguire).
Maguire was the only Englishman to start at least 20 Premier League games and when he was dropped at Arsenal in April a Swede replaced him. Also read: Ripping up Solskjaer's defence and more - what Ten Hag has improved at United Now Anthony Martial has stuck his head above the parapet.
Bailly and Martial both have a following that will take them at face value. "The second season (2017-18), I was the team's top scorer in the first part of the season, he brought in Alexis Sanchez and there, I hardly played anymore," he told France Football.