United need “five or six” top players – Gary Neville

Speaking after Manchester United’s 1-0 defeat at Newcastle on Sunday, Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville said his old club need to sign five or six top players to fix all the problems that have been plaguing them.

Neville, who has always been supportive of his ex-teammate Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, said United went about the right way in the summer regarding three signings – Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James, but he believes much more is needed to make the team properly competitive. Apparently, the 20-time English champions need another top class centre-back, a left-back, two central midfielders, a wide attacker and an out-and-out striker.

Neville sees the fact that the club have changed managers with relative frequency since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, and that each of them brought in his own recruitment policy, as a big problem. The former defender is aware that what he proposes would take a lot of money, implying the need for Solskjaer to be backed in the transfer market, but he also hopes that some of the youngsters already at the club could complement the potential big-name signings.