This thing with Verane is silly media stuff. He’s made some mistakes when he’s played. Off the pace, bad passes and has been injured on and off. So he’s been dropped. Maguire has come in and picked up the slack. Looked alright defensively, and has been switching the ball nicely from right to left. Which seems to be what the manager wants from his defence, with the seeming obsession of a left footed LCB.

Ronaldo thing was aired out in front of everyone . I personally think that was handled as well as it could be.

Similar with Sancho. Keep what goes on in the club, in the club. Why make it public. If it’s not working then keep your head down and get a move? It’s like he’s called the managers bluff after how the Ronaldo thing unfolded and lost. I think the managers right. Apologise or piss off.

You only really need to look at Wan-Bissaka and Maguire to see that working hard, a good attitude and taking your opportunity under Ten Hag will get you back into the team. It might not work out for them in the long term, but they are giving it a good go.

But doesn’t it average 15,000 less than that?