Former United favourite Louis Saha reckons Ruben Amorim’s decision in the summer to rid his squad of two unwanted players was a masterstroke – and has made the dressing room less poisonous
Manchester United is a better place without Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho. That’s the view of former United star Louis Saha, who reckons Ruben Amorim’s dressing room less poisonous, now Rashford and Sancho have left.
Rashford has joined Barcelona on-loan, with a view to making the move permanent next summer. Sancho is on-loan at Aston Villa, and will leave United on a free transfer in the close season.
Saha said: “The squad is much more harmonious. It’s the best transfer you can make. When you have one player that is not pulling their weight, you can just about manage.
“You can leave them out of the side, and the rest of the squad can cope. But when you have three or four players who are really talented, but just arent at the races, then it drags the team down a level.
“It’s really hard for the manager to turn that situation around, so I think it’s very important to act decisively in situations like that.
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“So Amorim got rid of them. He replaced them with (Benjamin) Sesko, (Bryan) Mbeumo and (Matheus) Cunha, and now United are playing at a higher level than what we had before.
“These three work hard, they’re willing to defend, they don’t think they’re bigger than the team. With a negative attitude, a team is in big trouble.”
Speaking to Pundit Arena, the former France international added: “I think that was the main goal for United in the transfer market. Players who thought about themselves above the team, they needed to go.
“The squad is more balanced now. You need at least three quarters of your team to be dedicated, willing to sacrifice, and talented too.
“You can afford a few flair players who might not always have that attitude, but it has to be a small minority. Back when I was there, we had Gary and Phil Neville, John O’Shea, Wes Brown. They made life easier for us.”
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