'Bullied by the players' - Paul Parker slams Man Utd decision with Glazers at fault

Paul Parker insists all five Manchester United managers since Sir Alex Ferguson retired haven’t been backed by the owners, the Glazers, but the decision to appoint Harry Maguire as captain hasn’t helped the club either.

Following United’s exit in the Champions League earlier this month, the club are now suffering their worst trophy drought in 40 years with their last piece of silverware the Europa League in 2017 under Jose Mourinho.

Since Ferguson retired in 2013, the likes of David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and interim boss Ralf Rangnick have all failed to establish a successive, stable period for the club.

The Glazers have been criticised for not providing funds for the managers and instead focusing on building a business to earn money over a football team to win trophies, and former Red Devil Parker has not held back on his views.

But the players were also in his firing line, claiming they ‘bullied’ Solskjaer and the decision to make Maguire captain was the wrong one.

‘This is the fifth manager since Sir Alex and they’ve never been backed by the people at the top,’ he told the Daily Mail.

‘David Moyes was let down, although I don’t think the club was right for him. Louis van Gaal’s football wasn’t the best but he was let down. Jose Mourinho, maybe the same but he was his own entity.

‘Ole Gunnar Solskjaer did really well except he was bullied by the players, dictated to by players playing average or worse. Signing a player [Maguire] for over-the-top and then making him captain wasn’t the best move.

‘Some of them [the players] have played for at least three managers. Yet the same things are going on. You can see there’s something wrong. It’s not individuals, it’s the collective.’

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