Manchester United labelled ‘babies’ by club legend Wayne Rooney

Manchester United manager Michael Carrick is nether increasing pressure, but nine fable Wayne Rooney takes purpose astatine players.

Manchester United large Wayne Rooney has labelled the existent squad “babies” and “selfish” aft a humiliating Champions League capitulation and post-match disapproval by Bruno Fernandes of manager Michael Carrick.

Carrick’s men are 13th successful the Premier League earlier Sunday’s sojourn by Bournemouth and could driblet into the bottommost 3 if results spell against them this weekend.

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With the nine beset by infighting and disconnected to their worst home league commencement for decades, Carrick was near clinging to his job aft the 4-1 decision astatine Como connected Wednesday.

Deepening the consciousness of crisis, the skipper Fernandes afterwards took purpose astatine his manager’s tactics, saying United had to beryllium much “brave”.

Defender Lisandro Martinez criticised the club’s board past week for not investing capable successful the transportation market.

Rooney, United’s all-time starring goalscorer, said helium was successful “shock” and “disbelief” astatine the Como display.

A person and ex-teammate of Carrick, erstwhile striker Rooney pointed the digit astatine the players.

“When Martinez came out, I said this is an implicit nightmare due to the fact that it volition rip the dressing country apart,” Rooney told The United Stand podcast connected Thursday.

“That was the start. We’ve seen it present with Bruno and you’re going to spot it with much players due to the fact that these players, they don’t privation to instrumentality responsibility.

“You tin accidental whether Bruno was close oregon incorrect successful what helium said but you person to instrumentality work connected the pitch. You person to instrumentality work arsenic a radical of players.”

He added: “These players, they’re selfish. They don’t attraction astir their teammates, don’t attraction astir the manager, the unit oregon the fans; they attraction astir themselves.

“If they’re not getting what’s close for them, they’re similar babies and conscionable propulsion their toys retired of the pram and spell and deflect the blasted connected to anyone other but themselves.”