Ruben Amorim has a huge job on his hands at Manchester United and club legend Gary Neville has warned that a number of players currently at the club are simply “not good enough”
Gary Neville has urged Ruben Amorim to oversee a “cultural overhaul” at Manchester United, insisting the majority of the current squad are “not good enough”.
United currently sit 13th in the Premier League, having picked up just six wins from 17 games so far this season. Amorim has a major job on his hands after replacing Erik ten Hag and Neville wants him to be ruthless in the transfer market.
Amorim appears to have already decided Marcus Rashford’s time at Old Trafford is up, having left him out of the squad for United’s last three games, and he could be among several players moved on in the January transfer window.
“He’s seeing what Manchester United fans have watched for 10 years, there has got to be a cultural overhaul,” Neville told Sky Sports. “It is a real torrid time, there is not a lot to like about performance levels or the way they play.
“They are all lads trying their best, it’s not a personal assault, but they are not good enough to play for Manchester United, because this club aims to be at the top. The same as Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea – those clubs aim to be top, but you have got to get there.
“It’s quite clear watching these players, they are not good enough.” Amorim has used 24 players in his first nine games in charge and Neville believes that is a “massive positive” because he has now seen the majority of his squad in action and can make informed decisions about who he wants to keep.
“I think it’s a massive positive that Amorim is seeing what he’s got,” Neville added. “In the past, there have been times where you can be kidded into thinking you have got a better group of players, because of decent results and moving up the league.
“But they are a mile away in every single way. Playing the way Amorim wants to play, with the 3-4-3, he’s going to have to change it. He’s given everyone a try by rotating the team and I do not think there will be many he’s watched and thought, ‘yes, I want you on the bus’.
“They are all very mediocre, and I don’t know how it’s happened – they are better than what they are showing, let’s be clear. But it’s a pattern.”
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