Fred makes major Erik ten Hag U-turn over Man United management

Former Manchester United midfielder Fred has delivered a dramatically antithetic appraisal of Erik 10 Hag 3 years aft praising the Dutchman's interaction down the scenes astatine Old Trafford, accusing his erstwhile manager of arguing with respective elder players and favouring his ain group.

Fred spent 1 play nether Ten Hag earlier leaving Manchester United for Fenerbahce successful the summertime of 2023, having made 56 appearances during the Dutchman's archetypal run successful charge.

At the time, the Brazilian spoke enthusiastically astir the changes introduced by his manager.

In an interrogation with FourFourTwo successful June 2023, Fred described Ten Hag arsenic tactically intelligent and said that helium knew however to run "behind the scenes with the squad" and assistance idiosyncratic players.

"I tin spot that he's already had a immense interaction connected the nine and is simply a cardinal constituent of our routine," Fred said astatine the time.

More than 3 years later, however, the midfielder has offered a acold harsher verdict connected Ten Hag's man-management.

Fred claims Ten Hag 'argued with everyone'

Speaking to Charla Podcast pursuing his instrumentality to Brazilian shot with Atletico Mineiro, Fred separated Ten Hag's tactical quality from the mode helium dealt with personalities wrong the Manchester United dressing room.

"Ten Hag was tactically precise good, but with the radical helium was awful," Fred said.

The 33-year-old past accused his erstwhile manager of favouring definite players, claiming that "only his Dutch players played", earlier again stressing that Ten Hag remained 1 of the champion coaches helium had worked with from a tactical perspective.

Fred besides suggested that clashes were a recurring diagnostic of Ten Hag's leadership.

"He argued with everyone," the midfielder said. "He argued with me, Cristiano [Ronaldo], Casemiro, Rashford... He wasn't playing me, and sometimes you get stressed."

Ronaldo's quality with Ten Hag became the astir high-profile illustration during Fred's last play astatine Old Trafford.

The Portugal planetary mislaid his regular starting presumption arsenic the caller manager attempted to present a much aggravated pressing game, and tensions culminated successful Ronaldo refusing to travel connected arsenic a substitute against Tottenham Hotspur successful October 2022.

He subsequently near Old Trafford earlier the last whistle and was omitted from the squad for the pursuing lucifer against Chelsea.

Fred believes Ronaldo's property and Ten Hag's carnal demands contributed to the disagreement.

"He wanted the squad to run, but Cristiano was already older," Fred explained. "He took Cristiano retired and past determination was a row."

Ronaldo's declaration was terminated by communal consent the pursuing period aft his explosive interrogation with Piers Morgan, successful which helium said that helium did not respect Ten Hag due to the fact that helium did not consciousness respected by the Dutchman.

Fred inactive rates Ten Hag among his champion tactical coaches

Fred's latest comments are notable due to the fact that they bash not magnitude to a implicit rejection of Ten Hag's coaching.

The erstwhile United midfielder repeatedly praised his tactical work, adjacent portion delivering a overmuch much antagonistic appraisal of his relationships with players.

That favoritism intimately mirrors disapproval which emerged aboriginal successful Ten Hag's reign.

Jadon Sancho was removed from first-team grooming pursuing a nationalist disagreement with the manager successful 2023, portion Marcus Rashford besides faced disciplinary enactment during Ten Hag's spell.

Former United defender Raphael Varane subsequently described his ain narration with Ten Hag arsenic "very tense" and claimed that the manager was often successful struggle with important members of the dressing room.

Fred contrasted Ten Hag's attack with that of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, his manager for astir of his United career.

The Brazilian suggested that Solskjaer's assistants played a greater relation successful the tactical enactment connected the grooming ground, but praised the Norwegian's quality to support the squad united.

"Solskjaer was bully with the group, but helium was helped [in training] by his assistants," Fred said. "He agreed the group."

The opposition with Fred's ain words from 2023 is peculiarly striking.

Back then, helium praised Ten Hag not lone for his tactical quality but specifically for knowing however to negociate matters down the scenes and assistance his players individually.

His appraisal present draws a overmuch sharper dividing line: Fred continues to respect Ten Hag arsenic 1 of the strongest tacticians helium has worked under, but his presumption of the Dutchman's absorption of the Manchester United dressing country has changed dramatically.