Former Nottingham Forest and England defender Stuart Pearce is not a huge fan of new rules installed by Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford, such as no late arrivals for training, no personal meals and no alcohol during gameweeks.
Speaking on talkSPORT radio, he said: "If you've set those rules up, they must all be run past him and then he has to deal with every little problem that they throw up. Let's take the diet for example.
"A lot of these players employ their own chefs away from football. You can't police that. They do it for the right reasons, and for the different foods that they have culturally around the world.
"By putting something like that individual rule in place, you've got to police it! And how do you police it? Being late is common sense. You wait until he drives around and gets stuck in traffic on the M60!
"If you're a first-team player and you get stuck in a bit of traffic on your way to training and you're dropped, would you say 'fine, they're the rules, what can I do about it?' It is unpoliceable at times. Common sense has got to play a fair part. You're just asking for trouble as a manager."
Ten Hag is looking to quickly stamp his authority on the players as the Dutchman starts the process rebuilding the Manchester United squad after years of failure and mismanagement.
