Ronaldo, Rashford, Maguire: 10 players that Man Utd should 'bin', according to Chris Sutton
Manchester United are still licking the wounds of the humiliating 4-1 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday.
By the time that the Red Devils entered the closing exchanges at the Etihad Stadium, accusations that they had simply given up started raining in on Twitter as City swaggered their way to over 90% possession at times.
In the end, braces from Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez, undercutting Jadon Sancho’s equaliser, defeated United on the day, but it was the broader significance of the result that was truly damning.
It’s not that United fans were particularly shocked to have come away from their ‘Noisy Neighbours’ empty-handed, but rather the nature of the performance confirmed their worst fears about the current regime.
As the Old Trafford club hurtle towards an uncertain period in their history and the search for a new permanent manager, the lack of progress since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s sacking has made for a tough pill to swallow.
With dressing room leaks and tepid performances aplenty, there’s a quiet understanding that the Premier League giants will need to change more than just the person in their dugout this summer.
And while a large part of that will come in the form of incoming transfers, Ralf Rangnick himself will know better than most that the squad needs to be streamlined with some strategic and ruthless outgoings.
Besides, you only have to look at Roy Keane declaring that “five or six [players] should never play for Manchester United again,” after the Manchester derby to get an idea of the problem’s magnitude.
However, former Premier League Golden Boot winner Chris Sutton thinks that Keane was actually understating things, which is not something that you don’t hear very often about the United legend’s