A very bad week for Jose Mourinho and Manchester United has seen one hell of a reaction from the press, but a former club captain believes that certain stories are coming from within the club.
Wayne Rooney has become the centre of a world-wide debate, and Paul Pogba is being mocked ruthlessly, but a number of odd stories appear to have come from a voice from within the changing room after Jose supposedly reacted badly to recent performances.
A Telegraph article that suggested Mourinho's tongue-lashings were "worse than Sir Alex's ever were" did the rounds on Tuesday, and it did not go down well with Gary Neville.
Leaks already after one bad week! Embarrassing!! https://t.co/VS6lViGywD
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) September 20, 2016
The word "leak" gets thrown around a lot these days, but after the "mole" scandal under Jose at Real Madrid, where many believed Iker Casillas was badmouthing his boss to the press, these allegations should be taken seriously.
Furthermore, when Neville was given the "don't believe everything you read in the papers" line after that tweet, he explained that he sees more to it.
Absolutely not . However I can sense a piece that's had info passed on and one that's speculative! https://t.co/EPWKLVySGR
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) September 20, 2016
Interesting.
Are these quotes coming from unhappy players within the camp? Already?
Everybody will understandably look to Bastian Schweinsteiger considering the cold manner with which the German was excluded from first-team plans, but that is nothing more than speculation at this point.
We're sure there will be more to follow in the coming days, and we'll keep you up to date if and when more emerges.
