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In this situation the manager still has to be sacked cause they have lost control of the dressing room already. Managers have a role to keep the team playing in synergy and all players playing to their top potential, if they cannot do that, the owners cannot change the entire squad cause of the coach and will opt to change the manager instead and remove one or two problematic players.
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Some players are very stubborn despite their talents they are very bad examples to the dressing room, back in the days the best manager to handle such players was Sir Alex Ferguson. He was not a respecter of status or class. He had axed lots of top player that were toxic for the team.
Right now Pep Guardiola is such coach we have seen what he did with cancelo. I believe every coach should know when a player is bringing bad energy into his team and when to cut them off immediately before the player influences other players.
In fact we often find a series of diverse conflicts in almost all clubs, stubborn, unmanageable player models, off-field scandals, and much more. However, the worst thing is that it is unprofessional, in the sense of not contributing optimally when playing, this is clearly very detrimental to everyone, especially the club. In the end it will make his own path to the transfer market smoother, because of course the coach will get rid of him in the transfer market. The dismissal of a coach is not purely based on one factor, such as not being able to control the dressing room. Sometimes by releasing players who have bad character, you can make the dressing room comfortable and controlled again.
Ferguson, I don't doubt his firmness on this matter. There are many confessions from former Manchester United players regarding their strictness towards players. On the other hand, Pep Guardiola has a calmer character towards his players, if he cannot get rid of them directly in the transfer market they will often be on the bench or will be loaned to another club.