Breaking news: Eight Man Utd players want to leave as Ralf Rangnick fights dressing room division

 As many as eight Manchester United players

 reportedly want to leave the club as interim

 boss Ralf Rangnick struggles to handle 

the rising tensions in the dressing room.

 Rangnick was appointed just over a 

month ago, but performances have continued

 to be below-par under the German.

A defeat to Wolves on Monday was a 

serious set-back to their ambitions of 

finishing in the top four of the Premier League.

United now sit four points adrift of Arsenal

 and are in seventh place after Joao Moutinho’s

 late strike secured all three points for 

Wolves at Old Trafford.

Following the defeat, left-back Luke 

Shaw delivered a brutal analysis of his 

team’s performance and blasted some 

of his team-mates’ attitude.

The crisis is proving difficult to contain 

for Rangnick, who is set to move into an 

advisory role at the end of the season.

But with United struggling to live up 

to the lofty expectations of their star-studded

 squad, it appears some are no longer happy

 with life in Manchester.

Express sport understands that as many 

as eight players are actively trying to find

 a way out of Old Trafford.

Both Paul Pogba and Lingard are expected

 to leave on free transfers at the end of the

 season, but more could attempt to follow

 in their footsteps. 

There is rising tensions between the 

separate groups in Rangnick’s squad, 

which is having a detrimental effect on 

performances.

Ronaldo’s undroppable status is thought

 to be proving a challenge to Harry

 Maguire, Edinson Cavani and Mason 

Greenwood.

And his influence over international team

-mates in the squad as well as other 

Portuguese-speaking players is causing 

frustration in the ranks.

Though Rangnick has admitted that 

he believes the United squad is over-sized

, he is thought to be reluctant to sanction

 departures with United competing 

on three fronts.

As well as the Premier League, United

 have reached the knockout stages of 

the Champions League, where they 

will play Atletico Madrid.

Their first outing in this season’s FA 

Cup will also come on Monday when 

they host Aston Villa, with Rangnick set to 

fully utilise his large squad.

Dean Henderson, Donny van de Beek, Juan

 Mata, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard 

are all in line to start having struggled for

 game-time under both Rangnick and 

predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

With the Champions League clash against

 Atletico not coming until after the end 

of the transfer window, it is unlikely Rangnick 

will be willing to sanction many departures.

But with so many disaffected players in 

his squad, the interim United boss will have

 to change things quickly if the team’s situation

 is to improve.