Ten Hag continues 'martial law' at Man Utd
According to British newspaper Sportmail, Man Utd players are no longer allowed to go home or go to the restaurant for lunch after each training session. Instead, they had to stay for lunch in the team canteen and could only leave the Carrington training center at around 2pm.
Ten Hag introduced this new rule to make the most of the canteen that the club has just renovated, with the arrival of new head chef Omar Meziane. Earlier this year, Old Trafford's owner recruited Meziane with the goal of improving the players' nutrition.
Previously, Man Utd made efforts to improve nutritional analysis in the team from the 2022-2023 pre-season. Ed Leng - who was recently promoted from head of the sports science team to head of the physical department - is said to play an important role in analyzing and promoting nutrition.
The entire team wears blood glucose monitors on game days as well as sweat patches, to monitor each person's nutritional and hydration needs.
Ten Hag has been given complete freedom by the Man Utd board of directors in his approach to player management since replacing Ralf Rangnick in the summer of 2022. And he has applied many strict rules.
Accordingly, Man Utd players must check their BMI every week, be disqualified if they are late to meetings or training sessions, are prohibited from drinking alcohol during match weeks, are prohibited from complaining to their representatives, and are not allowed to drink alcohol during match weeks. Hired a private chef. Ten Hag also requested improvements to the players' lounge, the tunnel at Old Trafford and the multi-level meeting room at the training complex.
The Dutch coach also promotes discipline and is not afraid to make tough decisions since taking office at Old Trafford in the summer of 2022. Ten Hag once terminated the contract with star Cristiano Ronaldo after a controversial interview with Piers Morgan - where the money is. The Portuguese religion accused Ten Hag and Man Utd of betraying them. He also punished Marcus Rashford to sit on the bench in the match against Wolves in December 2022 for being 45 seconds late for a team meeting.
This summer, the 53-year-old coach stripped Harry Maguire of the captaincy and did not renew goalkeeper David de Gea - the most senior person on the Man Utd squad. Jadon Sancho - who publicly responded to Ten Hag after the loss to Arsenal - was also removed from the first team.
Ten Hag's drastic changes brought initial success, when Man Utd won the League Cup, reached the FA Cup final, and finished third in the Premier League to return to the Champions League this season.
