Manchester United are paying the price for “constant disruptions”, says Rene Meulensteen, with Jose Mourinho and Paul Pogba needing to “close ranks” rather than air their grievances in public.
The Red Devils have made as many headlines off the field this season as they have on it, with supposed rifts within the camp contributing to an inconsistent opening to 2018-19.
Talk of a feud between Mourinho and Pogba refuses to go away, with the latest instalment of that unfortunate episode seeing the pair involved in a training ground argument.
At a time when United should be focusing all of their efforts on the pursuit of positive results across multiple competitions, unwelcome distractions are doing their cause few favours.