Sheringham: 'Ferguson won't criticize Sancho like Ten Hag'
"As I said at the end of last season, Ten Hag's job is the most difficult in the football world," Sheringham told Sky Sports on September 6. "I still think so because Man Utd fans want to win, and when that doesn't happen, there will be many question marks. It seems like there is a problem in the dressing room and Ten Hag must immediately resolve it. I'm surprised However, when he openly criticized and questioned Sancho. But Ten Hag must have a reason for that and wants Sancho to improve."
Sheringham played under Sir Alex Ferguson for Man Utd in the period 1997-2001. He scored 46 goals in 153 matches, won one Champions League, three Premier League titles and an FA Cup after moving from Tottenham in 1997.
Asked if Ferguson would adopt a similar approach to Ten Hag, the former England striker replied: "No. If it does, it's very rare. The more things you keep in the dressing room, the easier it is to control. Now Now with social media, people will have their own voice and opinions. It just makes the situation more exaggerated. I'm surprised that it happened."
Before Sheringham, many former Man Utd players also spoke out about the incident. Ben Foster, a goalkeeper who played for Man Utd in the period 2005-2010, emphasized that Sancho would be immediately expelled from the first team, not allowed to go to the training ground if Ferguson was still in charge.
"Now everyone wants to know: what happened to Sancho? What happened to Ten Hag? Is he no longer in control of the dressing room? How were Sancho's training sessions this week?", Foster comments on The United Stand. "Sancho says he trains well. That's normal because that's the bare minimum for a player."
The famous player Rio Ferdinand shared this view when he said that Sancho must accept the reserve at Man Utd until the winter transfer window or immediately move to Saudi Arabia. The transfer market in England ended on September 1, but the Saudi Pro League is still active until September 7.
After the 1-3 loss at Emirates Stadium in round 4 of the Premier League, Ten Hag said that Sancho's training was ineffective so he was removed from the playing list. Instead, the Dutch coach promoted two youth team players, Hannibal Mejbri (20 years old) and Dan Gore (18), to the reserve list against Arsenal.
Less than an hour later, on X - a social network formerly known as Twitter, Sancho posted a message implying that Ten Hag was lying, claiming that he was a "scapegoat" for a long time and this was not fair. . The English midfielder also emphasized that he had trained very well in the past week and that he was not named in the Arsenal match due to many other reasons that cannot be made public.
The Old Trafford owner has not officially commented on the incident, but according to British media, Sancho is expected to be disciplined internally after the incident.
