Ten Hag rounded on Redknapp after the game, branding his comments 'crazy', and was asked about it again on Tuesday when he spoke ahead of United's Europa League tie against FC Twente.

In the latest instalment of Erik ten Hag’s running battles with the Premier League’s pundit class, the Manchester United manager called out Jamie Redknapp’s assertion on Sky that something “untoward” had gone on between him and dropped forward Marcus Rashford as “crazy”.

Erik ten Hag has hit out at Jamie Redknapp after the Sky Sports pundit suggested that Marcus Rashford had been dropped for Manchester United’s draw with Crystal Palace for ‘something untoward’ behind the scenes.