MANCHESTER UNITED is a “graveyard” for managers and players, claims club legend Gary Neville.
The Red Devils were defeated 3-2 by Galatasaray in the Champions League last night as their miserable start to the season continued.
United sit tenth in the Premier League table after seven matches played.
Erik ten Hag’s men have already lost four times, conceded 11 goals and performances have been far from convincing.
Amid pressure growing on the manager, Neville has revealed he has sympathy for the boss.
He told talkSPORT: “I feel very sorry for the manager, I know a lot of people will say he’s got to do a lot better, but there are a lot of big problems at the club that managers have found over the last ten years.
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“I think until those problems are solved we’ll still continue to see underperforming teams, underperforming players, it’s become a graveyard for coaches and players – it’s not too strong a term.
“There are very few players that excel at Manchester United in this last ten years, they were all great players when they came to the club, they were all wanted by other clubs.
“They won these players off of other clubs and then they end up coming to Manchester United and they end up not succeeding and not performing to their levels, why is that?
“It’s because it’s not culturally correct to accept players in the way that it should do and we need to get that right.”
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Neville has previously claimed there are “bugs” in the dressing room and feared Ten Hag would run into the same issues that past managers have faced.
The poor run of form the Dutchman has suffered has led to him getting the same Premier League loss ratio as Ralf Rangnick.
The German lost seven of his 24 Prem games in charge, totalling 29 per cent.
Ten Hag, meanwhile, has lost 13 of his 45 – also equalling 29 per cent.
As for Old Trafford being a “graveyard” for players, United have made a profit on just four signings in the past decade – Dan James, Daley Blind, Javier Hernandez and Chris Smalling.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
