Gary Neville predicts tough times at Manchester United

Former Man United player and Valencia coach Gary Neville has predicted doom for Manchester Unitedu unless they get some football brains in at higher levels within the club.

"Manchester United have to react fast. They need to make good decisions," said Neville on Sky Sports.

"Over the last few years there is a frustration that Manchester United have been U-turning all over the place when it comes to strategy. They have made some terrible investments in terms of recruitment and it is all coming home to roost. This is going to get bad. The next six months are going to be really difficult.

"I can’t believe, with the investment that has been put into the squad over the last five or six years and you end up with that out on the pitch. I cannot believe it.

"I saw a statistic that Manchester United have the second highest wage bill in the world. And that is the squad they have got? It is unforgiveable.

"I can’t change the ownership of Manchester United, no-one can, but I am struggling to understand why the ownership has persisted in trusting that management team to oversee that investment. If you don’t lose your job for overseeing that investment, that wage bill and putting that team out on the pitch, something is really wrong."