Man United plunged deeper into crisis as Erik Ten Hag faces mutiny from 'disillusioned' players

Erik Ten Hag is facing a dressing-room mutiny at Manchester United with a host of his stars at breaking point.

United have lost almost half of their games this season – 10 out of 21 – and slumped to their worst performance in Saturday’s miserable defeat at Newcastle. Anthony Martial clashed with Ten Hag during the defeat over his workrate, while fellow frontman Marcus Rashford was slammed for his lack of desire.

United sources have revealed a clutch of players are disillusioned with their plight, reports the Mirror, with Ten Hag now staring at a major battle to keep his squad onside. The manager faces a crucial run of games in the coming weeks, starting with Chelsea at home tomorrow and a must-win Champions League tie against Bayern Munich at Old Trafford on Tuesday, with a visit to arch rivals Liverpool on December 17.

There is concern the disenchantment within certain sections of the dressing-room could spread if results do not pick up, with United already down in seventh spot in the Premier League.

World Cup winner Raphael Varane has found himself out of favour and dropped, while winger Jadon Sancho remains exiled after publicly contradicting Ten Hag on social media.

Sancho continues to train alone, as he has done for the past three months, since disputing Ten Hag’s reasons for omitting him from the squad that lost 3-1 at Arsenal on September 3.

Despite being banished to train in the academy facility, Sancho is said to have maintained his fitness and is “training like a beast” according to one source, with several of his team-mates wanting to see him reintegrated back into Ten Hag’s squad.

Ten Hag has insisted Sancho can rejoin the squad once he has apologised, something the England star has refused to do, believing