Gary Neville claims he knows Man Utd stars behind "disgusting" dressing room leaks

Gary Neville has hinted that he knows which Manchester United players are behind the “disgusting” leaks from the club’s dressing room.

There is growing evidence that dissent is spreading through Ralf Rangnick 's squad amid media reports that the players have given assistant coach Chris Armas a mocking nickname.

Rangnick is over two months into a turbulent reign as interim manager which has been characterised by mixed results on the pitch and numerous dressing room issues away from it.

Mirror Football learned in January that many players view Rangnick's methods as outdated and not befitting a Premier League side.

Meanwhile, among the leaks from the United dressing room is that the players prefer current Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino to be the permanent appointment at Old Trafford this summer.

Former United defender Neville has now blasted those players and their representatives behind the leaks.

The former right-back said on his Gary Neville podcast on Sunday: “I thought that was downright disrespectful on Friday – I did not find it funny at all.

“That they were describing Ralf Rangnick’s number two as Ted Lasso was not funny at all and not only was it disrespectful, but I found it disgusting.

“It sums up what I think of them: that they are disrespectful.

“I think if I was Ralf Rangnick and his number two, I would gain strength from that because I would not want to be on the same page of some of those players who are leaking those types of stories.

“That never happened in my time but we had the greatest level of stability.

“I remember when I joined Sky and we had the Champions League in the early years, and I went over to Napoli to do a game involving Chelsea.

“It was when Andre Villas-Boas