Manchester United are reeling from another woeful result and the latest inquest into the club’s problems is underway.
As usual, it is pointing back towards the Glazers, and it is a former player with the surname Neville speaking out.
This time it was Gary Neville’s brother Phil Neville, who spoke to NBC Sports after Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth.
The defeat at Old Trafford was the lowest point of Manchester United’s miserable season so far, and could easily have been worse, with Bournemouth having a fourth goal ruled out.
Phil Neville on Manchester United problems
Phil Neville was asked about the future of current manager Erik ten Hag, and shared his opinion that changing boss is not the answer.
He believes the problems at the club are deep-rooted, and the club cannot move forward until a direction is set.
Neville invoked former interim boss Ralf Rangnick, who pointed all of this out, and was not given the strategic influence to resolve it, as had been originally planned.
The Treble winner said: “When Rangnick left, he left something on the club, after one defeat he said ‘this club is not going to be successful unless it sorts itself out’.
“Manchester United needs to sort itself out. It’s not just the manager. The manager is the last thing they need to sort out. They need to sort out from top to bottom. The training ground, the stadium is falling to bits. The ownership don’t know what they are doing.
“They want to sell, but they only want to sell a little bit. Who’s in charge? Who runs recruitment?
“Every other club I see in the top half of that league, their club is being run better than Manchester United.”
Neville on top players moving elsewhere
Neville added that during his spell as assistant manager under David Moyes, he was ‘amazed’ at the priority given to the commercial side of the club ahead of the football side.
Over the past decade not much has changed, and Neville points out that two top players chose to move elsewhere this summer.
He said: “I witnessed it first-hand in terms of recruitment policy. I keep thinking about the players on the field, why did Manchester United not go out and get Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham – why, because they wanted to go to other clubs. Other clubs are going to be more successful.”
Some reports, including one this past weekend from The Mail, claimed Kane was open to a United move, but the club did not fight hard enough to get him. It’s all a mess, quite frankly.
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