Players question Louis van Gaal's training methods

Manchester United senior players are said to be angry with the training method of their manager Louis van Gaal.

According to a report by Daily Mail, captain Wayne Rooney and his vice, Michael Carrick have once confronted Van Gaal about it.

The reports revealed that players are feeling like machines  because of the tense atmosphere at the Carrington training ground.

The players are concerned about the lack of attacking threat in matches as a result of the manager's training methods.

Rooney and Carrick reportedly told Van Gaal that the players felt they had become suppressed and are not enjoying the game.

Daily Mail report states that the players were furious after they were not allowed to have a single day off for three weeks in the lead-up to the UEFA Champions League qualifier against Club Bruges.

The discontent has also spread to the non-playing staff of the club are upset after they were told they would no longer be able to eat with players at the club's Carrington training complex and ordered to eat their lunches in a separate room.

"Everything is structured. The manager enjoys a laugh but they rarely see that on the training ground. It's a case of you work here and you have a laugh outside," a source told Daily Mail.

"He is set in his ways. Because they have worked before he is unwilling to change them."

"It was all a big family under Sir Alex," a source is quoted to say by the report.

"They all ate in the same place, from the tea lady to Wayne Rooney - but that's gone now. The hoi polloi have to pick up their lunches on a tray and go elsewhere."

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