{"id":142744,"date":"2024-10-12T08:21:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T08:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/12\/man-united-dressing-room-bugged-as-huge-security-questions-raised\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T08:21:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T08:21:15","slug":"man-united-dressing-room-bugged-as-huge-security-questions-raised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/12\/man-united-dressing-room-bugged-as-huge-security-questions-raised\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United dressing room &#8216;bugged&#8217; as huge security questions raised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Huge security questions have been raised after the Manchester United dressing room was reportedly bugged.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The incident is understood to have happened during last <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/2116201\/erik-ten-hag-record-man-utd-clings-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday\u2019s 0-0 draw<\/a> with Aston Villa at Villa Park.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"1\"><a href=\"#\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article__gallery-count-value\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\"><span class=\"article__media-span\">Ten Hag&#8217;s team talks were reportedly recorded at Villa Park<\/span><span class=\"article__credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/31032143\/man-utd-security-scare-aston-villa-bugged-spy-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"The Sun (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sun<\/a> report that a prankster snuck into the dressing room at Villa Park and hid the device two days before the goalless draw.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/erik-ten-hag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erik ten Hag<\/a>\u2019s team talks for the Premier League clash were recorded &#8211; in what was a pivotal game to decide his future.<\/p>\n<p>The device was hidden in an out of sight place and the microphone was activated when it was called.<\/p>\n<p>The Sun have not published the recordings, but say Ten Hag\u2019s instructions are clearly audible.<\/p>\n<p>The prankster then attempted to collect the device the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the incident, former Premier League striker Carlton Cole said: \u201cThat&#8217;s the day and age we&#8217;re in now. We got to just secure what we have at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a football club, there is confidentiality and not everybody needs to know your business, especially in the dressing room. If they can&#8217;t secure that, then it&#8217;s going to cause a big, big problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re looking at a time where it&#8217;s information based. Everybody wants information. I know this was just a prank, but this could have gone a lot worse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis needs to be looked at by the security and everybody has to take it really seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>talkSPORT understands that Ten Hag is <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/2117630\/erik-ten-hag-manchester-united-replacement-thomas-tuchel-thomas-frank-gareth-southgate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set to remain in charge<\/a> of Man United despite serious questions being raised about his future.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"2\"><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Man United drew 0-0 at Aston Villa last Sunday\" height=\"651\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=335 335w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=480 480w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=620 620w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=670 670w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=960 960w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=1240 1240w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=1005 1005w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=1860 1860w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=1340 1340w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/erik-ten-hag-manager-head-938799877.jpg?w=2480 2480w\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article__gallery-count-value\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\"><span class=\"article__media-span\">Man United drew 0-0 at Aston Villa last Sunday<\/span><span class=\"article__credit\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He set the unenviable record of the Red Devils\u2019 worst ever Premier League start, taking just eight points from seven games. They currently sit 14th in the table.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag jetted off on holiday during the international break, expecting to be in charge when club football starts again.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils held a pre-planned summit meeting on Tuesday with Ten Hag&#8217;s future believed to be high on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Tuchel, Thomas Frank and Gareth Southgate are all admired by the United hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>However, Southgate seemingly ruled out an imminent return to management while Tuchel is thought to be keen on the England job.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"3\"><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How the Premier League table looks after seven games\" height=\"960\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 335px, (max-width: 520px) 480px, 620px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=335 335w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=480 480w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=620 620w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=670 670w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=960 960w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=1240 1240w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=1005 1005w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=1860 1860w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=1340 1340w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/talksport-2022-league-table-d505e6ef-4f49-42e7-9559-3b9ef1552af5.jpeg?w=2480 2480w\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article__gallery-count-value\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\"><span class=\"article__media-span\">How the Premier League table looks after seven games<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/2158379\/man-united-erik-ten-hag-security-dressing-room-bugged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huge security questions have been raised after the Manchester United dressing room was reportedly bugged. The incident is understood to have happened during last Sunday\u2019s 0-0 draw with Aston Villa at Villa Park. 3 Ten Hag&#8217;s team talks were reportedly recorded at Villa ParkCredit: Getty The Sun report that a prankster snuck into the dressing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[96,18049,598,1828,110,14066],"class_list":{"0":"post-142744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups","8":"tag-aston-villa","9":"tag-carlton-cole","10":"tag-erik-ten-hag","11":"tag-man-united","12":"tag-manchester-united","13":"tag-villa-park"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}