Man Utd branded 'leaky, noisy, messy' by Alan Shearer in brutal analysis

Manchester United had to settle for another frustrating 1-1 draw against Southampton on Saturday afternoon at Old Trafford.

The home team took the lead thanks to a first-half strike from Jadon Sancho, but Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side deservedly clawed their way back into the game just after half-time, with Che Adams deflecting a strong finish off the base of the goalpost to net an equaliser.

The result compounded the subdued atmosphere at the club, one which has been haunting Old Trafford for the past few months.

Ralf Rangnicks’s side sit fifth in the Premier League table but arguably should have solidified their standing in the top four by now, having drawn three of their last five league games.

Rumours of player unrest and talk of new managers taking over at the club worryingly show that there are some backstage problems at Carrington, with BBC pundit Alan Shearer claiming that Rangnick’s appointment embodies the ‘carnage’ that is going on at the club.

In a column in The Athletic, the Newcastle United legend has delved deeper into why the Red Devils are ailing so much and he doesn’t hold back in his analysis, taking aim at the players and the decisions being made at the boardroom level.

He said: “When I look at Manchester United, I see chaos, a team lacking any kind of discernible identity and an institution bereft of strategy, whose last three managers, if you include Michael Carrick, have been temporary appointments.

“They have become an interim football club — a club of caretakers, where authority has become diluted and players inhabit a world of excuses — who have spent an absolute fortune to become truly unexceptional.

“On the pitch, they are frayed and ragged, edgy and bad-tempered, casting around for someone