Casemiro, Luke Shaw and Lisandro Martinez are leaders at Man United who provide structure and stability to the team, according to Marcel Sabitzer.
"I feel very positive about my time there and still talk to a couple of people," Sabitzer told The Athletic.
"You ask yourself, ‘what’s going on?’ There’s a lot of noise, results are not good, they’ve had defeats at home, which almost felt unthinkable last season. And there’s still the unresolved situation of the ownership. You can see what that does to a team.
"I feel sorry for them because they’re all good guys, and extremely hungry for success.
"Casemiro, Luke Shaw and Lisandro Martinez – they are leaders that provide structure and stability to the team.
"Erik ten Hag comes with up very specific match plans and patterns of play. But if you have too many important players missing and too many changes as a result, things get lost between the tactics board and the pitch. The rhythm of players coming isn’t right, processes aren’t right.
"In the Premier League and Champions League, you need your best players available. Everything feels a little laboured and uncertain now. They need their big guys to show up and change the course of the season, but I believe things can change quickly once they get important players back."
United have suffered five defeats in the Premier League this season, while their chances of reaching the Champions League knockout phase have taken a hit following losses to Bayern Munich and Galatasaray.
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