Erik ten Hag’s comments about Jadon Sancho “killed” the Manchester United kid, according to former Liverpool great Jose Enrique.

The 23-year-old has only played 76 minutes of Premier League football this season and hasn’t featured for the club since a brief appearance against Nottingham Forest on August 26.

After a public disagreement with his manager in which he accused the Dutchman of lying about his removal from the squad that lost 3-1 to Arsenal earlier this season, the England international was prohibited from all first-team activities at Manchester United.

During his post-match interview, the 53-year-old said Sancho’s poor training performances were the reason for his removal from the matchday squad, which the former Borussia Dortmund player categorically rejected on social media, writing: “Please don’t trust everything you hear! I will not allow people saying things that are completely false.

“I performed admirably in training this week.” I feel there are further reasons for this, which I will not go into detail about. It’s not fair that I’ve had to serve as a scapegoat for so long!” His refusal to apologize to Ten Hag has led to his exile, and many fear his career in Manchester is over.

Jadon Sancho hasn’t played for Manchester United since late August.

This season, he has only played 76 minutes.

Enrique, who played for Liverpool for five years, told Daily Star Sport that the ex-Ajax manager was wrong to openly trash Sancho. “It’s wrong what Ten Hag said in the press, I think it killed him [Sancho],” the Spaniard claimed. Ten Hag has been reprimanded for his man-management tactics, and during his second tenure at Manchester, he clashed with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Despite scoring 18 league goals in his first season back for the Red Devils, Ronaldo, 38, was banished to the bench following Ten Hag’s arrival in 2022. The Portuguese icon reportedly claimed during an interview with Piers Morgan that he has no “respect” for the management, precipitating his exit from the club two months later.

Cristiano Ronaldo essentially became a bench option for Erik ten Hag in his final season with Manchester United.

Enrique lauded Ten Hag’s remarks on Cristiano, adding, “I think [Ten Hag’s] comments about Cristiano killed him.” Given that he is f***ing Cristiano Ronaldo, the manager handled the situation admirably.”

Enrique, on the other hand, objected to Sancho’s public humiliation and said that the incident should have been kept private. “But I don’t think it was wise for him to go public with what he said [about Sancho].””These are the kinds of topics I believe they should keep private and discuss among themselves.”