Morgan Schneiderlin has accused his former boss, Louis van Gaal, of turning him into “a robot” at Manchester United.
The France international while opening up on his testing spell at Old Trafford said that Van Gall remocved all freedom from his game.
The France international was taken to Old Trafford by the Dutch coach in a big-money transfer in the summer of 2015.
Speaking to French newspaper L’Equipe, the 27-year-old said: “This first year with Louis Van Gaal sticks in the throat.
“I didn’t take any pleasure on the pitch. He left me little freedom in my game, even though I have quite a lot of experience in the Premier League.
“With him, I felt like playing a robot. They said to me, ‘You must never go and get the ball in this part of the pitch, you must not do this, that’. These instructions may have disturbed me a little.
“When a player wonders during a game – ‘But what does the coach want me to do in this situation?’ – he begins to be less efficient. Especially at Manchester United, in a context where all matches are scrutinised by the media and where one can quickly be criticised from everywhere.”