Man United Are A Mess Right Now – Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes has branded Manchester United a “poisonous mess” while urging his former club to try and steal Antonio Conte away from Tottenham in the summer.
United have endured a miserable 2021-22 campaign so far, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer paying for the team’s poor start with his job and his interim replacement Ralf Rangnick also failing to get the best out of an enigmatic group.

The Red Devils are now in real danger of finishing outside of the top four and extending their trophyless run to five seasons, and Scholes cannot envisage the situation improving any time soon.

The former United midfielder, who made over 700 appearances for the club between 1993 and 2013, has said on the Webby and O’Neill YouTube channel: “The club just feels like it’s in a mess, player, staff and manager wise.

“Who wants to come into this club? It feels like a right mess. It does feel poisonous.”

Scholes added on the lack of quality in Rangnick’s ranks:

“It has to come a point where you think, ‘Are these players good enough?’

“We know [Cristiano] Ronaldo, [Paul] Pogba, [Raphael] Varane, [Nemanja] Matic have great experience and won trophies but the rest of the squad haven’t proven themselves to be good enough to win anything.

“Some of these players have had a lot of games now. Marcus Rashford, he’s had a lot of games, are we ever going to see these lads reach their potential?

“Are they ever going to be good enough to win trophies? [Harry] Maguire, is he good enough? [Victor] Lindelof, is he good enough?

“We keep saying how good they are but they are failing to produce what is required on the pitch.”