Gary Neville Fires Message to Manchester United Executives

Gary Neville has slammed the executives at Old Trafford for conducting their transfer business very poorly in the window. Manchester United’s recruitment has come under scrutiny. Many fans and former legends are accusing United’s executives of having no authority in the market.

Neville’s interview with Sky Sports:

This news is followed after Neville’s teammate, Patrice Evra released a video on Instagram, blasting United’s manager and Chairman. Neville told Sky Sports, “Because of what has happened in the last eight years, people have lost their confidence and they have now tried to go the other way in terms of, ‘we can’t now overpay.”

“The problem is, they have to find a way to get deals done and they can’t get deals done efficiently.” “They have had six months since March when lockdown was on being able to deliberate, do zoom calls, connect with agents, move things into place.”

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“There is no excuse really for not getting your transfers done before the start of the season. They need four or five players, so to only get one done. I know Liverpool have only got theirs done in the last couple of days, but there is a feeling they are in control.”

“United have got the money – if they can spend £90m-100m on Sancho, they have got the money to do the deals. They have not got the quality or experience of football people within that club, it looks like a convoluted and complex structure, I’m not quite sure where the decisions lie.”

Neville outlined the problem, “That is the problem Man United have got – they have not got the authority and control in the transfer market. The people who are hearing these words and seeing them, they will not like it. But they have got to hear it, because they are not doing their jobs. The football players on the pitch did not do their jobs. The manager is going to get accused of not doing his job.”

Neville ended, “The people in the stands whose job is to put that team on the pitch, build a football team that can win the league. And the people in the stand who have been at Man United for eight years now have not had the ability to build a football team that can win the league. And that is a problem, that is your job – to build a football team to win the league and they have not been able to do it. And they have to find a way of doing it quickly as these years are going to drag on.”

This comes after Manchester United’s shocking 3-1 defeat against Crystal Palace on the opening day weekend. It is high time Ole Gunnar Solskjaer pulls out the chequebook and gets some signings done before the transfer deadline.

Also read: Evra criticises Manchester United on Instagram.