Manchester United slammed for lacking leaders like Roy Keane in the dressing room

Former Manchester United defender Wes Brown has pointed to the club's lack of leaders as the reason for their downfall.

As United head into their last home fixture of the season on Monday against Brentford, their hopes of reaching the Champions League look all but over. Defeat to Arsenal last weekend created a six point gap between the clubs and this was only narrowed to five points after the Reds could only draw with Chelsea.

Erik ten Hag will arrive at Old Trafford at the end of the current campaign looking to improve on this season's underwhelming performances. Speaking to the Mirror, Brown was critical of the dressing room's members and believed that this was a contributing factor to United's demise.

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He explained: "It’s not been good for a few seasons now. The team isn’t a team - everyone can see there’s something wrong.

"It’s been disappointing for a number of different reasons. For me, this season, when there were opportunities to really grab that fourth spot and when there was a chance for the players to step up, they failed to do so.

"No-one’s said: ‘Let’s get something - anything - out of this season.’ It’s just not happened.

"Manchester United supporters have not seen anything like that type of fight. I always think the club should be there or thereabouts as far as Champions League qualification is concerned, as a minimum.

"United have had chances to take it - and not been good enough. You’ve got to be strong mentally and know how to win games of football - perhaps when you don’t deserve to - Manchester United’s players haven’t been able to do that."

Brown then pointed to Roy Keane as the type of player