Neville highlights ‘biggest worry’
Gary Neville feels Manchester United players are currently ‘giving it their’ all, but that is his biggest worry as their best efforts are so far short of good enough.
He told NBC Sports: “They’re not a very good team, simple as that.
“The biggest worry is that there have been teams in the past five, six, seven years at United where you’ve thought they are very talented players but they’re not really giving it their all.
“The problem with this group of players is that they’re giving it their all, I don’t think there’s a lack of effort.
“They’re so below the standard and quality that you need at that football club, all over the pitch. Other than Bruno Fernandes, Amad Diallo maybe, I can’t think of any of them that I’d hang my hat on.
“It’s a really desperate situation because the squad is so poor in quality. They’ve got old players, they’ve got young players who are nowhere near it. Then they’ve got a group of players in the middle who are…it’s a worrying situation.”
Fernandes should call out team-mates
Roy Keane has demanded a strong response from Manchester United’s captain after the defeat to Newcastle.
Bruno Fernandes said that he was “frustrated” by his team-mates and their poor display at St James’ Park.
But Keane wants him to take a hardline approach, especially in dealing with Diogo Dalot who made mistakes in defence.
The pundit said: “To be fair to Bruno Fernandes he fronts up but to me it’s just soundbites now.
“He was talking about his team-mates and belief but what about his right-back Dalot who didn’t put a leg out to tackle?
“I hope he is pulling him in the dressing room because he keeps talking about having belief in his teammates but real good teammates put demands on each other.”
Ratcliffe considering left field appointment
Sir Jim Ratcliffe could lean on his Formula One connections to try and bring Manchester United back into pole position.
According to the BBC, Ratcliffe could appoint Mercedes engineer Michael Sansoni at Old Trafford as he looks to bring the club’s use of data up to par with the clubs around them.
That’s after the billionaire Brit told Man Utd fanzine United We Stand that the club was “still in the last century of data analysis” and that it “doesn’t really exist here” in a recent interview.
Ratcliffe’s Ineos are part-owners of the Mercedes F1 team which would reportedly make any move to bring Sansoni to United much smoother.
While it’s understood that Sansoni is already set to call an end to his near 11-year stint with the the F1 team.