Paul Scholes slams Manchester United transfers but praises 'brave' Erik ten Hag change

Paul Scholes has criticised Manchester United's recent transfer strategy but praised Erik ten Hag for his pragmatic approach at the club.

United have spent a huge amount of money in recent years and there was a great deal of optimism going into last season following the signings of Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane. However, Scholes has questioned just how good that 2021 window was and called for somebody to take responsibility for the club's transfer activity.

"Was it really?" he said on The Overlap when former teammate Gary Neville said how good last summer looked on paper. "You've got a young player from Germany you've spent a lot of money on, who did great in Germany but he was unproven in the best league.

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"Cristiano was proven, of course he was, but he was 36. Are they great signings?

"And I always think why would a club like Real Madrid let Varane go? There must be something not quite right and if you looked at him last season, he didn’t look right. He was always injured, always something wrong with him. As far as the window went, people got carried away with it because of names.

“I'm trying to think of a transfer window I have enjoyed. [This one] was a complete mess, it looks like they don't have any body who is in charge of doing it. There's nobody that takes responsibility for it. Is it John Murtough, is it the manager, is it someone else?

" It's hard, it's not the easiest thing to do but somebody has to take the ultimate responsibility for it. I think they need someone in charge of it, there might be somebody behind the scenes who does take responsibility but what will happen eventually is the manager will get blamed for