Juan Mata claims rotten Man Utd core has been exposed and urges three big Ten Hag changes

Juan Mata has not held back in his assessment of the bleak season endured by Manchester United and has recommended big changes going forwards.

The Red Devils are glad to be seeing the back of a poor campaign in which a host of problems have plagued the club. While they can still make next season’s Europa League, that is no consolation for knowing what they should be striving for.

United, who finished second in the Premier League last season, started brightly – helped by Cristiano Ronaldo’s return.

However, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lost his job as manager in November and Ralf Rangnick has not been able to inspire a turnaround. In fact, Man Utd‘s hopes of finishing in the top four have faded away.

Mata, 34, has been on the periphery of the first team this season, but has seen everything that has gone wrong first-hand.

He subsequently urged new manager Erik ten Hag to get more out of the players, reset the club’s culture and make the club better able to deal with big changes such as a change of manager.

“It’s clear that on the pitch, we have made many mistakes,” the Spaniard told The Athletic.

“We could have also dealt better with certain situations that were happening in the club, managers changing, negative things. I think at the end of the day we let that maybe affect too much the energy of Carrington.

‘Certain standards were not met. Whether that’s attitude, level of training, off the pitch, which doesn’t include players, I think we all agree.

“If we are completely honest and speak with certain people at the club, we haven’t been good enough. And so that’s where I think we could learn. Also there were certain things that were out of our control, which we shouldn’t let affect us.

“Naturally you feel that way when you can see