In a revealing perception into Manchester United’s latest struggles, former assistant coach Rene Hake has steered that some gamers had been reluctant to heed the teaching workers’s directions throughout his temporary spell at Previous Trafford.
Hake, who joined the membership final summer time as a part of an INEOS-led reshuffle of the teaching setup, labored alongside new supervisor Erik ten Hag earlier than being proven the exit door shortly after the Dutchman’s sacking in late October.
Talking to Dutch publication AD, the 52-year-old defined that whereas some gamers, reminiscent of Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho and Bruno Fernandes, had been receptive to the workers’s strategies, others had been extra resistant to vary.
“[Rashford and Garnacho] were soon open to working on timing their runs from deep,” Hake stated. “With Bruno Fernandes, it was a lot about choosing a position in our build-up.”
Nonetheless, the previous Go Forward Eagles coach added: “However generally, gamers stated, ‘I prefer not to change anything in my game at the moment’, and it’s a must to settle for that.
Hake’s feedback present a uncommon perception into the challenges confronted by United’s teaching workers in implementing their tactical imaginative and prescient, with the membership’s long-standing want to recapture the successful tradition of the Sir Alex Ferguson period seemingly at odds with the mindsets of sure gamers.
The skilled coach additionally praised the affect of Casemiro, describing the Brazilian midfielder as having “an antenna” and the power to “already sense what is going to happen on the field” when it mattered most.
Regardless of his temporary tenure, Hake appeared to carry no ailing will in direction of the membership, stating: “I don’t hold a grudge. I worked well with the players, staff and other personnel. I said goodbye to everyone to end it well.”
With United at the moment sitting thirteenth within the Premier League and making ready for an important Manchester derby in opposition to rivals Metropolis on Sunday, the revelations from Hake could elevate additional questions concerning the squad’s willingness to completely embrace the adjustments launched by Amorim and his teaching staff.
