Man Utd stars ‘under-aroused’ and ‘over-rewarded’, says Jordan

Manchester United are an “under-aroused”, “poor, poor side” that have no chance of finishing in the top four this season, according to Simon Jordan.

United have endured a tough season and currently sit seventh in the Premier League, three points off Tottenham in fourth.

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But United’s form compared to their rivals chasing Champions League qualification suggests a fourth-placed finish will be a tall order.

Interim boss Ralf Rangnick has borne the brunt of the criticism for United’s displays, but Jordan claims the “laughable” reign of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was more the problem, as well as the “lightweight” mentality of the players.

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Jordan said on talkSPORT: “Poor managers for three years – you’ve allowed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to run the football club for three years which is almost laughable.

“Prior to that you had Jose Mourinho in, and Mourinho won you things, but the culture of Mourinho attracts a certain reputation and rapport, and because he decided to go very dark, you departed from that and you’ve left three years of attrition.

“And in those three years, the other two clubs you’re supposedly chasing down, Liverpool and Man City, have continued to evolve and you’ve regressed, so the gap has got wider.

“United players are lightweight mentally, they’re over-rewarded, over-recognised and not over-performing.

“They’re not a very good side are they?

“And of course we can make the argument as Gary Neville