Paul Parker was a Manchester United and England defender in the 1990s, but he remains in the loop with the Old Trafford outfit looking for a new manager to succeed Ralf Rangnick. The German, who is an interim coach, has been marked by a poor relationship with the dressing room.
Parker has spoken about this, who believes that the position of coaches has changed a lot compared to his time. “If the players decide they don’t like the coach, they don’t play. They tell their agents and they go to the owners. And that’s why we have the owners listening to people who have seen something on social media,” he said. the former player for the Daily Mail.
The manager’s position is getting weaker at United, which is why Parker thinks this happens often. “The players are there looking at the manager as if to say: I know you won’t last long because the higher ups don’t like you. So when United have a caretaker in charge (Rangnick), what chance do you have?” the red devil
However, the former England winger does not consider the players solely responsible and defines the Mancunian club as “a mixture”. Hence, he sees a change as difficult unless the owners, the Glazer family, are replaced: “Now we have people from outside who choose when to take the money from the club (the shareholders). Everything that United is really is a high-profile ATM money vending machine in the world of football”.
In this context, Parker misses more leadership. “David Moyes was left stranded, although I don’t think it was the right club for him. Van Gaal’s football wasn’t the best either but he was also left stranded. And José Mourinho, it may be the same, but he was his own entity. The one who did very well was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer until the players intimidated him. Signing Maguire and making him captain was not the best move…”, concludes the former United player.