'It's survival of the fittest' - Ten Hag fires selection warning to Jadon Sancho - video Dailymotion

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag insists that squad contribution is more important than individual talent.

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00:00What about Jadon Sanchez? Obviously he was not selected in the squad last week.

00:05Is he back and available for selection?

00:07Do you expect him to be involved in the squad this weekend?

00:10We will see. We have a squad and I hope we will have a squad with double positioning.

00:19When we go into the season after the 1st of September,

00:23that means also that you can't select all the players for a game.

00:28But we need all the players throughout the season,

00:31because this will be a season of the survival of the fittest.

00:34Of course we have to manage it, but also the attitude of the players is very important.

00:39Sometimes they will be disappointed, but they have to deal with it.

00:43Because you don't win with 11 and you win as a squad.

00:49So the prizes are divided next May.

00:54So until then we need all the players in the squad,

00:57and all the players highly motivated to contribute.

01:00That is also not an expectation, it is a demand from the club and from me as a manager for the squad.

01:08The squad and the team is always more important than every individual.