that is gaslighting. He is telling us that what we see regarding his management has nothing to do with him and is all these other nefarious things and poor players that are to blame. He is telling us not to believe our own eyes nor trust our own judgement
He told us there’s no evidence that Ndiaye can play as a number 10 despite there literally being factual evidence of it, but this also isn’t gaslighting because I’ve added another little made up caveat to the definition so that it no longer fits.