Jose Mourinho is in serious danger of losing the Manchester United dressing room, says Martin Keown
Reports on Monday morning suggested United’s squad are growing increasingly frustrated with Mourinho’s man management
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Your support makes all the difference.Martin Keown has claimed Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is in serious danger of losing the Old Trafford dressing room after his latest rant.
Reports on Monday morning suggested United’s squad are growing increasingly frustrated with Mourinho’s man management, after he hauled off Luke Shaw at half-time during the club’s FA Cup tie against Brighton.
Mourinho was seen shouting at Shaw during the first half before withdrawing him, later explaining that the decision was because he wanted his side “to defend better”.
And Keown thinks the United manager is in danger of losing the dressing room.
“Mourinho has lost dressing rooms at Chelsea and Real Madrid. He knows he is walking a tightrope but he is doing whatever it takes to get a performance,” Keown wrote in his Daily Mail column.
“Trying to get a reaction is one thing. Humiliating his players is another. I do not like the way Luke Shaw has been treated. Mourinho should consider his players as sons. How would he react if his own child was being treated this badly?
“Because Mourinho did not play at the highest level, he will simply not understand the effect that being hooked at half-time has on a player. Other players at Old Trafford may look at Shaw and think: 'That could be me next.'
“By behaving this way, Mourinho risks driving a wedge between the squad and the staff.”
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