Manchester United players have been told to 'grow up' amid reported leaks from the squad to the media.
Chris Armas, one of Ralf Rangnick's assistants, was reportedly the subject of such a leak after it was claimed he was being compared to comedy TV football manager Ted Lasso, played by fellow American Jason Sudeikis.
Gary Neville slammed those responsible as 'disgusting and disrespectful' for the comments.
Former Man City defender Micah Richards has now agreed with Neville in his Daily Mail column.
Speaking about the leaks, he said: "The dressing room should be the most secure place a footballer can spend time professionally, somewhere that issues of trust should never be doubted.
"So the idea that things could leak out of a dressing room — and be detrimental to your own club — is a concept I cannot get my head around.
"It is why I am flabbergasted by the constant cycle of news that keeps coming out of Manchester United, one that consistently puts them in a bad light.
"Whoever has come up with that [Armas/Lasso comparison] will think it is funny but, really, it is beyond a joke.
"It is totally disrespectful and says more about them than it does Armas.
"Manchester United stars need to grow up and stop leaks coming from the dressing room.
"If I had been in a dressing room where someone was known to be the source of a negative stories, I would have had zero respect for them.
"I wracked my brains to see if there was an example of something I could use as a parallel but nothing came to mind.
"That tells me I was blessed to be in places where we knew the importance of sticking together.
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"You do not undermine a manager or his staff, you do not invite criticism to your door. If this season is going to be turned around, United’s squad would do well to remember those golden rules."
Manchester United return to Premier League action on Sunday afternoon when they travel to Elland Road to face Leeds.
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