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Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana has named three gamers alongside himself, who ought to obtain a lot of the criticism as an alternative of the kids for the membership’s struggles this time period.
United concluded their Premier League season on Sunday with a 2-0 win towards Brighton and Hove Albion.
The end result noticed United end in eighth place, their lowest-ever end of their Premier League historical past.
It additionally signifies that Europe is out of attain for Erik ten Hag’s males, whose closing likelihood at clinching Europa League soccer lies in whether or not they’ll handle to beat Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup closing at Wembley this weekend.
Ten Hag has borne the brunt of the criticism for United’s woes this time period.
The 54-year-old coach has been persistently positioned below intense scrutiny by followers, ex-players and the media on the whole.
Onana spoke on the most recent episode of The Overlap and admitted that the criticism hasn’t actually affected him however he has considerations over the impact it has on youthful gamers.
As such, the Cameroonian stated that he prefers the blame to be directed at himself and senior gamers like Bruno Fernandes, Harry Maguire and Casemiro.
“For me, I don’t take note of it. I’ve come into this group to take bullets as a result of we’re below building – in the mean time, we aren’t the very best.”
“Now we have different groups who’re doing higher than us and we’ve got to be trustworthy and acknowledge that. If issues and when issues are going incorrect, don’t go for the youngest participant – I’m right here to take it, Bruno [Fernandes], Casemiro and Harry [Maguire] are there and we’re used to it.”
“When it’s individuals who had been sitting the place I’m sitting, who received every thing, typically it’s weird – we’re in the identical boat. We attempt to observe your factor and what you probably did. For me, I don’t thoughts, however different folks could also be affected. For me, to be trustworthy, it’s simply part of the sport.”
The 28-year-old pinpointed accidents as one thing that has drastically hindered the group however he praised many gamers who’ve been compelled to fill into makeshift roles for the better good.
“[On the lack of consistent centre-back partnerships at United] I believe that’s a problem for the entire group – the supervisor, the employees and the medical group. What we face, it’s not good for all of us, however we’re Manchester United, we can not use this as an excuse – so we’ve got to take care of the state of affairs.”
He added, “It’s not solely about me – Harry [Maguire] is enjoying with Casemiro, we don’t know if he likes it or not, however we’ve got to be pragmatic, and look what’s finest for the group. If I’ve to play striker, I’ll play striker.”
“Casemiro is doing a incredible job for us – he’s enjoying there [centre-back] as a result of the group want him there. Diogo Dalot is usually enjoying left-back as a result of the group want him.”
The previous Inter Milan shot-stopper additionally gave the instance of Fernandes being deployed at centre-back for big spells of the FA Cup quarter-final recreation vs. Liverpool.
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