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Ralf Rangnick urged his Manchester 

United stars to stop airing any grievances

 with him on social media as he tried to 

smooth over his dispute with Jesse Lingard

 on Monday.

Lingard and Anthony Martial have 

publicly contradicted comments made 

about them by Rangnick in the last few weeks.

Lingard posted on Twitter that his 'headspace

 is clear' after Rangnick said the player had

 asked for a few days off to 'clear his mind', 

and Martial used Instagram to contest a 

claim by the interim manager that he 'refused

' to play against Aston Villa before joining

 Sevilla on loan.

Asked ahead of Tuesday night's trip to 

Burnley if it would be better for players 

to keep issues in-house, Rangnick said:

 'It's always better. I never ever read 

or communicate by those social media 

accounts.

'I don't exist there and wouldn't have 

time to do that, so therefore it's always 

better and I always communicate with the

 players directly. I did that with Anthony

 and Jesse, but maybe I'm from a different

 kind of generation. I know in both cases

 what I said to the players and what happened

 so, for me, there's no reason to discuss

 this any more.'

Even so, Rangnick faced more questions

 over Lingard after he was criticised 

for allowing the England international 

and Edinson Cavani to miss Friday's shock

 FA Cup defeat by Middlesbrough 

when United were already without 

Mason Greenwood.

Greenwood is on bail after being arrested

 on suspicion of raping, attacking and 

threatening to kill a 18-year-old student, 

and was dropped by sponsors Nike 

on Monday.

Rangnick and Lingard differed over 

whether it was the club or the player

 who suggested taking some time off after

 a loan move fell through because United

 couldn't lose another player in the wake

 of Greenwood's suspension.

It's understood both parties are keen 

to put the dispute behind them, but 

Rangnick revealed that Lingard had 

mentioned 'personal issues' in their discussions.

He added: 'With regard to Jesse, I have 

a very good relationship with him. He 

knows I would have been willing to 

let him go at least until the issue with Mason 

came up and all the other things we 

have spoken about.

'He mentioned some personal issues 

but again we have to look forward now. 

There are no problems with myself and 

Jesse and vice-versa.'

Rangnick confirmed that Lingard and 

Cavani will return to the squad at Turf 

Moor and defended his decision to give 

the Uruguay striker some extra time off 

following a World Cup qualifier against 

Venezuela.

'He played 90 minutes for Uruguay and

 even with the original travelling schedule

, he couldn't have been available for the 

Middlesbrough game. Maybe he could 

have been on the bench and come on in 

extra time. Edinson asked me two days

 after the West Ham game if he could

 stay for one or two days longer 

in Uruguay.

'We didn't then know anything about 

Mason Greenwood, this only came

 up a week later.'

Rangnick, who hit out at the 'idiots' 

guilty of racially abusing Anthony 

Elanga on social media after he missed 

in the penalty shootout against 

Middlesbrough, admitted United are 

still a long way off being title contenders.

'You just need to have a look at the table

,' he said.'Right now we are fourth 

in the league and everybody inside the

 club including myself would be happy 

if we finish fourth at the end of the season.'