“I can’t continue to keep quiet about this.I knew I wanted to leave Manchester United after just 20 minutes under Erik ten Hag. I immediately knew he didn’t have any vision for the team. I regret joining Manchester United because I’m being labeled a flop but they don’t know if it’s because of the bad manager” – This is according to one of Manchester United latest signings as he blows hot about the situation of the club claiming that the manager of the club is to be blamed for the current failure of the team to produce results despite the amount of quality in the team.

A former Manchester United player made the decision to leave the club after just his first training session under Erik ten Hag.

Phil Jones was determined to leave Manchester United after just 20 minutes of his first training session under Erik ten Hag.

The former defender, who spent 12 years at Old Trafford, made the decision swiftly after realizing he could no longer handle the physical demands of professional football.

Jones, who missed Ten Hag’s debut season due to a long-term knee injury, had worked hard to regain fitness for the 2022/23 campaign but soon recognized it was time to walk away from the club.

Reflecting on that pivotal training session during the *High Performance* podcast, Phil Jones shared: “I came back on the first day, really excited with Erik ten Hag’s arrival. Fresh start, back on the pitch, boots on.

I could feel my knee, but I thought it would eventually get better. We were just doing a simple drill, passing into the net, jogging around cones, just a warm-up.

I swear, I couldn’t pass the ball with my right foot. I wanted the ground to swallow me up. I was thinking, ‘This new manager is here, and I can’t even last 20 minutes into the session’.”

Jones recounted: “I made it through the session, passing the ball with the outside of my left foot. I’d gotten pretty good with my left foot, technically strong because I had to adapt.

I used my left throughout the whole session, but then I turned to sprint and just felt it [the knee]. I couldn’t keep going.

I walked over to the physio and said, ‘This is my last training session.’ And to this day, it was my last. I was done.”

Since then, Jones hasn’t played football. Earlier this year, he confirmed he would pursue a career in coaching and has also dabbled in punditry, recently appearing as an analyst on *Match of the Day*.