Manchester
United legend, Roy Keane, has slammed Cristiano Ronaldo and the rest of the Red
Devils squad for ‘throwing sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’ under the bus.
Keane noted that it was these
players’ lack of work-rate and poor performances this season that led to the
sack of Solskjaer.
The 48-year-old was shown the exit
door at Manchester United last week after an embarrassing 4-1 defeat to Watford
and Michael Carrick has taken temporary charge.
Keane has been a consistent critic
of Manchester United’s approach to games under Solskjaer and had put much of
the blame on the players, rather than his ex team-mate.
“They are not working as hard as
the three teams at the top who are brilliant, have a lot of talent, well
coached and they run; United’s players have stopped running in the last couple
of months,” said Keane.
“Marcus Rashford has said that the
players have to take responsibility – but these players don’t. We saw a great
example after the Watford game, where the players went over and tried to defend
their manager.
“It was too late; the damage was
done.
“I said over the last year or two
that leopards don’t change their spots. Man United have talented players,
particularly in possession. But, unfortunately, the game is also about when
you’re out of possession.
“If you want to compare them to
Chelsea, Liverpool and Man City, it is chalk and cheese. These players don’t
run, they don’t sprint, they don’t close down, they don’t work as a team and
they work as individuals. They’re almost just depending on their talent, which
is coming up short as well.
“That is not enough to win the big
prizes and it is not good enough. We talk about culture, and I don’t know
what’s gone on in terms of on the training pitch every single day, but the
signs are, again, that this United group does not work hard enough.
“They don’t seem like good enough
lads to me, in terms of that leadership and that personality (being missing).
But that is what you need.
“I think sometimes now when the
players get interviewed, they are like robots. Over the last week when a lot of
the players have been talking about the manager leaving, they keep saying Ole.
Ole was their gaffer. Maybe Ole was too friendly with them.
“Maybe that was a problem. Maybe
he was too nice to these lads, because these lads have done what I predicted
and thrown him under a bus.”
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