Manchester United midfielder denies squad’s ‘discontent’ over Solskjaer

Scott McTominay has denied reports that Man Utd players do not feel that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is “strong enough to lead the team.”

The Red Devils had a brilliant ending last season and some predicted a good season this year, especially if they did their summer business well.

However, their not landing main target Jadon Sancho before the transfer deadlinecoupled with his poor start to the Premier League season has seen some doubt their aspirations.

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And journalist Duncan Castles has stated in the Transfer Window Podcast that Bruno Fernandes does not think that Solskjaer is the right man for the job and that some of his teammates also have this opinion.

Castles said: “What I’m hearing, and this comes from a source very close to the player, is that Fernandes’ opinion of Solskjaer is similar to that of other senior members of the team.

“It doesn’t feel like [Solskjaer] he’s strong enough to lead the team. They feel like they don’t have the ability to push the players they have forward in the direction they should be going.

“Also, I understand that Fernandes is angry with the club for what they did in the summer. It does not match your expectations of what would happen when it arrived.

“In their opinion, they have not signed the necessary players to improve what is obviously a poor team. They are not at the level where they can fight for titles against Manchester City, Liverpool and Europe in the Champions League.

“There is discontent with the club and discontent with the coach.

“It is not entirely surprising to me that this happened, it is a common pattern in the locker room: this opinion of Solskjaer.

There have been reports for the past month that Man Utd was interested in bringing in former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino if results did not improve this season.

However, McTominay has told Norwegian television that all the players are totally behind Solskjaer.

“The whole club is behind him,” McTominay said. TV2. “We believe in every word he says, and it’s not just him.

“We trust every word from Mike Phelan, Kieran McKenna, Michael Carrick and all the support staff.”