Graeme Souness shows true colours with brainless comment about Man United youngster Kobbie Mainoo

Graeme Souness hasn't been afraid to criticise Manchester United players over the years.

Souness spent six years as a Liverpool player and wore the captain's armband for three seasons, so you don't have to be a genius to determine where his allegiances lie.

The 71-year-old tore into Paul Pogba during his time at Old Trafford and some accused him of not being an objective pundit. The lengths that Souness went to criticise Pogba generated headlines and he was at it again when slamming Lisandro Martinez in his first months at United.

Souness said Martinez wasn't good on the ball when that's one of the defender's finest attributes, so he has form for being wide of the mark and rubbing fans up the wrong way.

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That's why it shouldn't be a surprise to read Souness' comments on Kobbie Mainoo, which have gone down like a lead balloon among United supporters on social media.

Souness appears on a podcast with Simon Jordan and Troy Deeney - make your own judgment on that panel - and they recently delved into what had gone wrong for England.

Mainoo was a point of discussion and Souness suggested he lacks understanding of his role. "I think he’s really good on the ball, he’s very talented on the ball," he said. "But he doesn’t fully understand the position. He wanders, he empties the middle of the field too readily.

"I watched him against Iceland [when England were defeated in their last Euro 2024 warm-up game at Wembley] and he was getting thrown to the left and thrown to the right.

"He came on as a substitute when holding onto a 1-0 lead [against Serbia] and the first thing he did