Manchester United squad under Ole Gunnar Solksjaer better than current team – Garry Neville

Former Manchester United player Gary Neville has said the Red Devils had a way better team three years ago as compared to now.

Neville believes the team that played during Ole Gunnar Solksjaer's last game in charge is better than what current coach Ruben Amorim has to work with.

The Norweigan manager was sacked three years ago, and since that time a ton of players have been brought to Old Trafford. However, speaking on Sky Sports last night after Newcastle United defeated the Red Devils 2-0 at home, the ex-England international still maintains the previous squad was much better.

It was Wan-Bissaka, Shaw, Lindelof, and Maguire - which is a better backline than the one that's out there now.

It was Matic and McTominay - which is a far better midfield than Casemiro and Eriksen. And up front was Sancho, Rashford, Bruno, and Cristiano - which is again far better than the players out there.

Now, that team was widely regarded as being nowhere near good enough for Manchester United, and rightly so. But that team - that last game of Ole - is far better than the team that we're watching here. And that's the concern.

Despite spending a fortune on signing new players, Neville added that the squad six years ago under Jose Mourinho was arguably better than what they’ve assembled now.

There's been another £450m spent since that period. I suppose if you went to [Jose] Mourinho's last game, you might even find a better team again!

This current team, he added, is simply not good enough to compete for the league title.

You hope that moments like tonight are the low point but that team that's played out there tonight, that won't win a lot of football matches. It genuinely won't in this league.

Man United have spent £1.5b in the last 10 years... £500m in the last three! I was actually excited by the signings in the summer. What's happened?! No one was saying in the summer that these signings would make Man United worse.

????? "That team in that last game under Ole is far better than the team we're watching here"

Gary Neville expresses his concerns about the current Man Utd squad ???? pic.twitter.com/9KWSlQvX48

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Manchester United are currently 14th on the log with 22 points after 19 games, just six more away from the relegation zone.

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