Former Manchester United skipper Gary claims Manchester United could finish in the bottom half of the Premier League this season.
Manchester United is experiencing their all-time low in the Premier League since 1992 after losing their opening two games in the Premier League. They have conceded 6 goals and scored one which was an own goal against Brighton.
The Red Devils are currently in a serious dilemma with their top goal scorer last season Cristiano Ronaldo was given the green light by Erik Ten Hag to leave Old Trafford. Manchester United initially explored the choice of bringing 33-year-old Marko Arnautovic as Ronaldo’s replacement but the club dropped its pursuit of the former West Ham after agitations but Manchester United fans.
United had now turned their attention to Brazilian international Matheus Cunha from Atletico Madrid. The Spanish side is demanding £42 million for the 23-year-old.
However, Gary Neville claims his former side could face a humiliating season if they let Ronaldo leave without signing a replacement.
What did Gary Neville say?
The former United right back admitted :“I assume there is a massive decision to make on Cristiano Ronaldo, they are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
“A few weeks ago, before the season started and before these results, I said the best thing to do was to facilitate a move away for Ronaldo.
“The problem is now if they lose him there is nothing left in the goalscoring part of the pitch.
“I genuinely think if they don’t bring players in or they bring poor players in and he leaves, I genuinely feel they could finish in the bottom half of the table.
“I think that is a bottom half of the table team. That is a massive statement that may look stupid at the end of the season.
“They are demoralized and shot to pieces, it is really bad in there. They have gone back to default.”
The Manchester United Icon also slammed the club’s transfer policy in the last decade after spending over £1 billion in the Transfer Market.
Neville explained: “It has been one of the problems United have had for 10 years, they have flip-flopped between different managers and different strategies and allowed managers to influence the actual overall recruitment.
“That has been a massive issue. We looked at the last 10 years of major signings at the club, we removed third goalkeepers and some of the younger players.
“But £1.25billion has been spent and we categorized them – we did it together, some do not agree.
“We think there are only two signings – at this moment in time – that you could say have been good value and performed at a level and, to be fair, Fernandes has gone off the boil a little bit, but because of the numbers he hit in the last couple of seasons, you would have to say that worked, and Ibrahimovic – obviously that worked.
“Ronaldo would have been a green (success) but what has happened in the last month, he wants to leave, the confusion over him, it is a nightmare scenario and it is not working.”
Manchester United could lose three consecutive games with their next Premier League match against their arch-rival Liverpool.
