When you write up something like this you need a few red herrings to throw people off the scent of the source. Hence mention of Giggs, Rooney, Carrick. None of these are the source, I am convinced. But it is an important insight into what is wrong with United.
And what will continue to be wrong with United. As
@togg rightly points out, players playing shite as a protest means player power out of control. But whodunit?
The message starts with the 'heavy-handed' style mantra... Then starts pointing fingers. Bastian is a bastard. Who doesn't like Schweini? Then into the moaning section. '...a budget Holiday Inn was hired'. This leak source is close to a mollycoddled prIck. Continuing... ‘training at 8.30, sent to rooms for a couple hours rest, training after lunch, back for video meetings and tactics discussion, back to rooms, supper of toast and then bed at half ten ...' WTF is wrong with that? Then the email starts to name names.
"Captain Wayne Rooney and vice-captain Michael Carrick sought out Van Gaal..." - it is not coming from either of these players, and does these loyal club men a terrible disservice. '
The majority of the players would not open the emails..." Trackers etc. It is possibly someone who had the time and the resentment to wage a war against the manager, at least in his own head. Is it an unhappy goalkeeper? Also it speaks of divisions in the dressing room.
Memphis Depay, the £25m summer signing who was dropped from the FA Cup final squad, is regarded as being
allowed to waste his talent due to Van Gaal’s mis-management. This person doesn't like Depay either. The stupid eggs story (which seems pointed towards Rashford?) smacks of bullying. Then the writer gets to the topic of DDG.
The Spaniard had separate issues with Frans Hoek, too..? Hmm. Angel Di Maria, poor thing, didn't do well. So who is it?
It's not Rashford. Not Martial. Not Depay. It's not Juan Mata. Not Shaw. Not TFM. Not Valencia. Not Lingard. Not Januzaj, I think.
It's never Herrera; not Varela. Not Darmian, or Smalling or Rojo. Not Blind. Not Pereira. Not Phil Jones. Not Love. Not Young. Not CBJ. Not Keane. Not Blackett. Not McNair. I think it might be a keeper. But not Johnstone, and it's not Romero.
MEN wrote: 'July was not jolly for Valdes. United's players have voiced their reservations about Louis van Gaal's training at Carrington this season but none as volubly as Valdes'. We all know about the falling out between LVG and Valdes. So he is a possibility, but it seems a bit too obvious. Although he is a wonderful keeper, I think a better bet is DDG, or perhaps one of his confidantes, without his consent.
All in all I think there will be an awful lot of people at Carrington unhappy with this stuff, even if there is a relatively small core of people who think its extremely clever and funny. Stamp it out ruthlessly, I say. SAF was always supportive of, and respectful of other managers. This bollox is not coming from his side, either (even if he was in cahoots with Mendes). It would earn my respect if Jose made his first action show that he won't tolerate this type of behaviour at the club. But the ones who we really need to hear from are the suits, starting with Woody.