Neville says some Manchester United players turned on Carrick

Gary Neville accused some Manchester United players of poor professionalism and said they had turned against manager Michael Carrick, following the team’s 3-0 home defeat by Bournemouth. Neville’s remarks were his assessment of the squad and dressing-room dynamics; the reports did not independently establish the claims about players’ habits or private conduct. The former United defender said some players were not living as professionals should, alleging that they did not go to bed at appropriate times, eat well or focus fully on the club. He also said Carrick had been let down by players who, in his view, had stopped performing with commitment. Neville described the Bournemouth display as part of a pattern of performances in which players had switched off. Neville pointed to captain Bruno Fernandes’ public criticism of Carrick’s tactics after a 4-1 defeat to Como in midweek as evidence, in his view, that players had turned on the manager. Carrick left Fernandes on the substitutes’ bench against Bournemouth. Neville speculated that the captain’s public comments raised questions about what was being said within the dressing room, but offered no independent evidence of those...