Jadon Sancho has allegedly been kicked out of the Manchester United WhatsApp ground after his clash with Erik ten Hag saw him banished from first-team training.
Sancho's problems at Old Trafford can be traced back to September when he accused Ten Hag of lying over the reason for his omission from the Man United squad for the 3-1 defeat by Arsenal.
Ten Hag had told the press that the Englishman hadn't been performing in training, with Sancho taking to social media to hit back at the allegations - a move that went down badly with his boss.
The Dutchman responded by exiling Sancho from the first team, with the £73million signing from Dortmund being forced to train with academy players. Mirror Football previously revealed that the 23-year-old was also barred from using all facilities including the first-team canteen, with Sancho now eating alone or with youth players at Old Trafford.
The Sun is now reporting that Ten Hag has taken things one step further by booting the forward out of United's WhatsApp group, which he and his staff use to update the first team.
Sancho is said to be unhappy with the way he is being treated at United but is refusing to apologise to Ten Hag, despite having deleted the controversial social media post.
Man United sources, meanwhile, have confirmed the situation between Sancho and Ten Hag has reached an "impasse", with no way back for the player until he decides to apologise to his boss.
United have been on a poor run of form without Sancho but picked up three points last time in a last-gasp victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage, with Bruno Fernandes getting on the scoresheet.
Ten Hag said after the game: "I am pleased with the spirit of the team and with the way we pressed. We saw this [a stoppage-time winner] against Brentford and we have seen it again. It is a good resilience. They know what the standards are.
"This is Manchester United - you have to win every game. This week we have not been happy with the standards and today we improved with our standards. Every game we have to bring the battle which starts with the right mentality and attitude, to show you are hungry with passion and desire."
ishti
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Gary Neville & Rio Ferdinand:- ManUtd needs to show the fighting spirit. ETH :- yes amigo, (then fights with Sancho and removes him from watsapp group)
PrinceMichu
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ETH seems to be gud at holding grudges and taking things personal 🤔
Viydkmnruz
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For all the young ones who are accusing Ten Hag, this is what discipline looks like. United needs first to clean the house with discipline before anything good can happen. These behaviours of players (Pogba, Ronaldo, Sancho…..) will never happen in the successful teams of Sir Alex Ferguson or Pep Guardiola. That is the difference. Learn it! Until Manchester United support their managers to exact discipline in the team, they will continue to suffer mediocrity. You CANNOT succeed in a team sport with individual players behaving like Sancho……..and of course he knows he can rely on the media and some fans to paint Ten Hag black. Wise up if you’re a United fan.
Da-Silva
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All you football around the world screaming at Sancho to apologize should be so brainless. You think he's a fool to have said his manager was lying? However, the ego thing is involved and the manager has a much bigger ego. If he lies in public and he's being hit back in public, why should he be offended someone has defended himself. If there's the blame game here, trust me, there's is enough blame to go round. Leaders Lead by example. Let Ten Hag start the apology if he's not too big as well. However, maybe Sancho hasn't performed to the standard Ten Hag required but it's not for him to say that in public or directly. There's a way you say something and it transmits a message across without necessarily hitting on it with hard words.
Chargers
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I think it should be called Manchester Divided at this point. The devil's kingdom has never been Untied.
Single-Bone
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Why has Sancho refused to apologize? Maybe he's in his right. You know some of these boses can be disrespectful sometimes.
matabcdeik
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Right decision dressing room leaking is via WhatsApp group a player who didn't want apologise to his coach want unsuccessful team Right decision
omoz1/2
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after winning one march you decided to remove him from the whatsapp group, if you win 5 marches in a role you are going to send him out of the club
Chap Kim
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Ten Hag to Sancho: I don't wonna see you in training, team dinner, bench, an now WhatsApp group.
limengoeng
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Hag is destroying Man Utd