“Mourinho, Ten Hag, Amorim, Carrick... United doesn’t know what to do”

Gary Neville, a historical figure of Manchester United and former captain of the Red Devils team, pointed his finger at the governing structure of the English club based in Old Trafford, considered that the British emblem was not strengthened enough on the defensive line in the last summer transfer market.

In statements to the NBC Sport, which followed Manchester United’s dramatic draw at the Sunday reception to Aston Villa, which ended with a four-ball draw, Gary Neville stresses that the direction of the red devils “has no idea what to do” about Michael Carrick’s future in the team’s technical command, at a time when the English coach has his future suspended.

“ The reason Manchester United suffered four goals is that it did not invest in defense during the transfer window. Everyone knew they needed to do this, that they needed defenses. The current ones make mistakes after mistakes. The defenses that finished that game will lead the team to division descent. Look at the defensive errors... we all insisted during the transfer window that they needed to hire defenses. They needed to anticipate the budget for transfers and to hire defenses,” he began by saying the former international in England, moving to the issue of involving Michael Carrick’s future in the technical command of Manchester United.

“ We can make up the problems and have a reaction to the arrival of a new technician. When the new coach arrives, everyone is happy for a few months and suddenly, six months later, everything happens again. We can keep changing technicians and think that's the solution. But after eight technicians in 12 years, it has been proven that this is not the answer. Michael can leave, Michael can stay, we don't know. The club owners have no idea what to do,” Neville said.

“It’s always the same story. [Ruben] Amorim, [Erik] ten Hag, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Carrick, José Mourinho, Louis van Gaal, David Moyes, Ralf Rangnick. Some of them are world-class technicians who have succeeded, there are many promising young technicians on this list and former players who also know the club. None of this worked because if you hire badly, if you have a bad performance department, a bad hiring department and there is no strong leadership in the entire structure of the club, you will fail,” Neville insisted.

“ Any organization in the world will fail if they don't have a leadership lined up from top to bottom, from the board and the owners to the field trying to play football. There are real problems within the club, with people in top positions that never before performed these functions ", finished.

Manchester United reached the break for the November selection games in the descent zone, with eight points and the 18th place of the Premier League.