Erik ten Hag has admitted the Manchester United squad he inherited on arrival at the club was lacking discipline and needed some rules laying down.
The squad was considered to be short on spirit after a disastrous 2021/22 campaign, which saw the end of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and a torrid tenure from Ralf Rangnick as interim manager.
Ten Hag officially took over at the end of May but he had already been analysing games and the players at his disposal before taking the reins and he had spotted an absence of discipline in the matches he watched. READ MORE: Ten Hag names three reasons Casemiro is his United leader The Dutchman has regularly criticised players if they don't follow his rules in games this season, while some have also fallen foul of his strict disciplinary regime off the pitch.
Alejandro Garnacho didn't feature on the pre-season tour after twice being late, Cristiano Ronaldo was axed from a matchday squad after refusing to come on as a substitute and Marcus Rashford was dropped to the bench when he was late to a team meeting.