{"id":292792,"date":"2023-11-02T01:24:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T01:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=292792"},"modified":"2023-11-02T01:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T01:24:08","slug":"erik-ten-hag-has-lost-the-man-united-players-insists-paul-merson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-has-lost-the-man-united-players-insists-paul-merson\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik ten Hag has &apos;lost the Man United players&apos;, insists Paul Merson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Erik ten Hag has &#8216;lost the players&#8217;, insists Paul Merson, as he claims the Man United boss is under &#8216;serious pressure&#8217; amid &#8216;toxic&#8217; performances<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manchester United were beaten 3-0 at home by Newcastle in the Carabao Cup\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul Merson claimed the performance showed Erik ten Hag had lost the players\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Paul Merson has claimed Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has &#8216;lost the players&#8217; after the Red Devils suffered another heavy home defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag&#8217;s side saw their\u00a0Carabao Cup\u00a0defence come to an abrupt end on Wednesday night, after falling to a 3-0 home defeat to Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Miguel Almiron and Lewis Hall gave the visitors a 2-0 first half lead, with Joe Willock sealing victory for the Magpies in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>The dismal result followed Man United suffering a 3-0 loss in front of their own fans in the Manchester derby on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sky Sports, Merson insisted the nature of the defeats showed Man United&#8217;s squad have stopped playing for Ten Hag.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/00\/77298971-12700297-image-a-17_1698886341573.jpg\" height=\"464\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Paul Merson has claimed Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has lost his players support<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/00\/77299135-12700297-image-a-19_1698886479503.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Merson made the comments following Man United&#8217;s heavy 3-0 defeat against Newcastle<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The former Arsenal midfielder claimed the Dutchman is under serious pressure and compared the cost of removing him from the role to the financial impact of Jadon Sancho&#8217;s continue exile from the first team.<\/p>\n<p>Sancho<span>\u00a0has been training on his own since\u00a0publicly branding the United manager a liar over his reasons for dropping him for the 3-1 away defeat by <\/span>Arsenal<span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t see how much further this goes on, I really don\u2019t,\u00a0I read in the paper it could cost \u00a315m,&#8217; Merson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It just cost them \u00a380m in Sancho, they chased a kid for how long and he says one thing and is completely out and will probably be out on loan in January and they\u2019ll probably be paying half his wages.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This needs to get sorted out but personally I think it is toxic, I don\u2019t take too much notice of behind the scenes, but it is toxic on the pitch and that is where it counts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018At the moment they are all over the place and if it wasn\u2019t for a last minute penalty save against Copenhagen, they would have drawn at home to Copenhagen, let\u2019s get serious here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/00\/77299191-12700297-image-a-20_1698886589050.jpg\" height=\"451\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Merson insisted Ten Hag is under serious pressure after consecutive 3-0 defeats at home<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is under serious pressure and they have to have a meeting and see what they are going to do.\u00a0There are ways of losing football matches and, for me, he has lost the players.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You do not started getting beaten the way they are getting beaten, there are ways of losing and this is not good in my opinion.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Man United will see to bounce back from their successive defeat when they travel to Craven Cottage on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils will start the match in ninth place in the Premier League, eight points adrift of the Champions League places.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, 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