Ralf Rangnick responds to Jesse Lingard comment on Manchester United dressing room mood
Ralf Rangnick admits Manchester United players get on a 'reasonable' amount amid claims Jesse Lingard described the dressing room as a 'disaster'.
United great Paul Scholes was on punditry duty for United's 3-1 Premier League defeat at Arsenal for rights holders DAZN Canada, and said he had "had a quick chat with Jesse the other day. I’m sure he won’t mind me saying - the dressing room is just a disaster."
Lingard, 29, is out of contract in June and expected to leave United after 22 years with the club, having first joined United at the age of seven.
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Rangnick sent on Lingard and Marcus Rashford in the 77th minute after Granit Xhaka scored Arsenal's third goal and at full-time the duo gifted their shirts to supporters near the away dugout before heading down the tunnel.
"I don't know, you have to ask Jesse Lingard if you have this information," Rangnick said in response. "Obviously after games like today, or after Liverpool or Everton, there is massive disappointment in the locker room, for sure, this is normal. It would rather be a problem if this was different. This is for me normal.
"But I think the whole group get on reasonable with each other, I'm not daring to say they get on well with each other. But I don't see there is an issue in regard to the locker room."
Rangnick believes Champions League elimination 'destroyed' United players' confidence as it was their last chance of silverware in a season they are certain to end trophyless for a fifth consecutive campaign.
United have won four of their last 15 games and one in their last six since the round-of-16 second leg defeat to Atletico Madrid at Old Trafford. Rangnick admitted United's chances of qualifying for the