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<\/p>\nMoaning minnies at crisis club Manchester United were branded "pathetic" by their own fans after banning the Daily Star over a story exposing the extent of the club's crisis.<\/p>\n
Sports writer David McDonnell was turned away from boss Erik Ten Hag's press conference ahead of Wednesday's Premier League clash against Chelsea after revealing he is facing a dressing-room revolt from several players said to be disillusioned with his management. <\/p>\n
TV broadcasters Sky Sports and ESPN, along with the club's local newspaper the Manchester Evening News – a sister paper of the Daily Star – were also shown the door over their coverage of the same story.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Man Utd ban journalists including Manchester Evening News from Erik ten Hag pressers<\/b><\/p>\n
READ MORE: Nemanja Matic names two Man Utd players who were 'always late' to training and angered squad<\/b><\/p>\n
Ironically Ten Hag admitted to the favoured folk allowed to attend the controversial press conference "one or two" players had questioned his mode of play. But he insisted there was no disorder in the ranks and his squad was still united.<\/p>\n
After kicking out journalists who had highlighted the rift, the club said in a statement: "We are taking action against a number of news organisations. Not for publishing stories we don't like, but for doing so without contacting us first to give us the opportunity to comment, challenge or contextualise. We believe this is an important principle to defend and we hope it can lead to a re-set in the way we work together."<\/p>\n
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United – 20-time winners of the Premier League – have had a disastrous start to the season. They sit seventh in the table after six defeats in their first 14 matches, are out of the Carabao Cup and face near-certain elimination from the Champions League at the group stage. <\/p>\n
Forward Mason Greenwood had to be loaned abroad in the furore surrounding the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to drop court claims he assaulted, controlled and tried to rape a woman. Meanwhile, United legend Cristiano Ronaldo was shunted out of the club by Ten Hag. And star signing Jadon Sancho has been exiled from the first team since the manager appeared to publicly criticise his efforts in training.<\/p>\n
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On Saturday United fell to a dismal defeat at Newcastle leaving them with a battle to reach next season's Champions League. Asked in his press conference about his relationship with his team he replied: "I always listen to my players and I always give them opportunities to tell. If the players have a different opinion of course I will listen.<\/p>\n
"But they haven\u2019t told me \u2013 or maybe one or two. But it is about in general – the majority. They want to play like this \u2013 proactive, dynamic, brave, that is what they want. You can see the players are behind it because of the performances against Everton and Galatasaray. Do you think we can make the goals we did against Everton if the players don\u2019t embrace it?" <\/p>\n
Ten Hag said he was sure the players were behind him. "You can see you can\u2019t play such great football as we did lately if there is no unity," he added.<\/p>\n
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After news of the club's apparent bad-news ban hit X – formerly Twitter – even some life-long United fans turned on the club. Veteran broadcaster Michael Crick 65, a former Royal Television Society award-winner who has written several books on United, tweeted: "So MUFC are now banning reporters from Ten Hag's press conference." He went on: "Pathetic. Whoever advised that deserves Worst Press Officer of the Year award."<\/p>\n
Daily Star sports editor David McClay said: "So those moaning minnies at Manchester United are in a massive Andre Onana-style flap about our splash yesterday morning. Oh do grow up. <\/p>\n
"A once-great club lurching from one shambles to another are now taking it out on YOU the reader by banning our reporter.<\/p>\n
"We stand by our story. If it\u2019s not true, they should just deny it. Instead this is just another shoddy performance by the second best club in Manchester."<\/p>\n
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TV presenter Piers Morgan, 58, a diehard Arsenal fan, tweeted: "WTF? I hope every other journalist now boycotts this press conference in solidarity with their colleagues. And yes, I\u2019d say exactly the same if Arsenal behaved like this." <\/p>\n
Other football fans joined in the condemnation. One messaged: "This kind of behaviour is not acceptable from a mediocre manager." Another added: "Hiding his weakness over journalists. Not fair." One more said: "Journalism is not a crime. All journalists should stand against this and prove their unity."<\/p>\n
"United is melting down and is in crisis yet again\u2026 Ten Hag won\u2019t last much longer," added another.<\/p>\n
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By Jeremy Cross, Chief Sports Writer<\/i><\/p>\n
You know a club is in trouble and danger of disappearing up its own backside when it starts banning journalists.<\/p>\n
Sir Alex Ferguson used to do it on a regular basis. But it\u2019s counter productive and fails to serve a purpose.<\/p>\n
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Manchester United might think that dishing out bans makes them look pro-active and strong. But it will not stop good journalists from doing their jobs – which is to write stories about what is going on inside clubs.<\/p>\n
Perhaps United\u2019s head of comms, Andrew Ward, should spend more time finding out which club staff are leaking information in the first place, instead of wasting it on taking such an archaic approach to those reporting what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n