Erik Ten Hag Denies Man Utd Squad Is Fractured After Alejandro Garnacho Incident

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag confirmed Alejandro Garnacho has apologised for liking social media posts criticising his handling of the player and insisted the incident does not show the squad is fractured. (More Football News)

The Argentina winger, who was taken off at half-time of last weekend’s 2-2 draw at Bournemouth, liked two messages on X, formerly Twitter, which were negative about Ten Hag.

He quickly unliked both posts and has now apologised, leaving no issues around his involvement for this weekend’s FA Cup semi-final against Coventry at Wembley.

Ask💞ed whether it suggested the group was not🌟 together, Ten Hag replied: “I wouldn’t point to that.

“Alejan🤪dro is a young player, has to l🌱earn a lot. He apologised for it and after that we move on.”

Exper🦩ienced midfielder Casemiro has received criticism for his recent🐈 performances, with Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp suggesting his display against Bournemouth last week was like he was playing in Soccer Aid.

But Teᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn Hag has backeꦦd the Brazilian and insisted he will bring United success.

“I think we needed the six when I arrived here and last season C꧅asemiro was fantastic,” he said.

“I don’t think h🐼e ever scored so many🎃 goals as well but as a six, a holding midfielder, as a strategist, he was so important for the team.

“This season he struggled with a bad injury he never had in his career, but he is such a winner. See his career, always in his career he has won, everywhere he was there will be📖 suc🐭cess.

“I trust﷽ he will give us success and I know he will need games and he will be better and I’m 🌱very confident about him.

“He is a fighter, why he also won big trophies, he’s a personality and he’s a very important player and he will give us🉐 success.”

Another player who criticised the club on social media was Jadon Sancho and the winger has since found his form on loan at Borussia Dortmund, who made it through to th🍒e Champions League semi-finals this week.

Ten Hag said nothi𝔍ng has changed surrounding his future becausﷺe of his performances in Germany.

“We know Jado𒆙n෴ Sancho is a fantastic football player, so that is not a surprise for us, that is not the issue,” he said.

“Of course, I follow international football and🌸 f🧸ollow the players on loan at other clubs.

“It was a fantastic game, Dortmund against Atletico Madrid, great performance ⭕from Dortmund and for Jadon it’s good news. He made his contribution to the result for Dortmund.”

Ten Hag hopes to be able to have Scott McTomin𝄹ay and Antony back in the squad against Championship outfit Coventry on Sunday.

“Antony and Scott I expect them to be back,” he said. “Scott didn’t train all week, partial o✃n Wednesday, today I expect him full. Antony did train all week.

“We have some problems. Harry (Maguire) had a small injury, he didn’t train this week so far bu📖t now he is back on the pitch. We expect him to be back for Sunday, I hope.”