Gary Neville slams 'disgusting' Manchester United players over Ted Lasso leak reports

Gary Neville has slammed the 'disgusting and disrespectful' Manchester United players amid reports of media leaks.

United's season continues to falter as, for the third game running, Ralf Rangnick's side dropped points from a winning position as Southampton came from behind to earn a draw.

It followed a similar pattern at Burnley in the league and, before that, their FA Cup exit to Middlesbrough.

Amid the frustrating results were media reports which claimed some players were left unimpressed by Rangnick's American assistant Chris Armas and had likened him to fictional flamboyant manager Ted Lasso.

The United legend berated the current squad and issued a stern message ahead of a pivotal period as the race for the top four heats up.

He said on his podcast: "All that nonsense is happening behind the scenes at Manchester United and I don't know that from a point of view of intelligence - I don't speak to anybody at the club, I genuinely don't.

"But I can see it because I read the newspapers, I'm on social media and I see the stories coming out so and south wants to leave or they want that as the manager and I'm thinking 'oh my god'.

"I thought that was downright disrespectful on Friday, I didn't find it funny at all the fact they were describing the number two of Ralf Rangnick as Ted Lasso, I didn't find it funny at all, I found it disrespectful, disgusting. In fact, it summed up what I think of them that they are disrespectful.

"If I was Ralf Rangnick and his number two I'd take strength from that because I wouldn't want to be on the same page as some of the players leaking that story, those types of stories. It never happened in my time [leaks of manager discontent], we had the greatest level of stability.

"It's