Explained away

When Ibrahimovic left Man United, any rumours of a toxic environment were squashed by the simple fact that Zlatan has proven to never stay in one place for very long.

So, no, of course there’s no toxic culture.

That’s just Zlatan doing Zlatan.

Then when Wayne Rooney left United for Everton people chalked it down to his age and declining skills, not a toxic environment.

But when Di Maria didn’t show up to pre-season training and eventually left for PSG, it was harder to explain away.

You see, Di Maria was in the prime of his career and he previously spent 3 years at Benfica and 4 years at Real Madrid, making his 1 year at Man United all the more suspicious.

He was the outlier who could not easily be dismissed.