Scholes demands Man Utd sell EIGHT stars
Manchester United have been told they need to make wholesale changes if they are to challenge for major honours again, with Paul Scholes naming eight players he feels the team need to sell, though having named the one player he would be ‘offended by’ if Ruben Amorim decided to cash in on this month.
The Red Devils turned to Amorim as a successor to Erik ten Hag in November after the Dutchman struggled to get a consistent tune out of his expensively assembled squad.
But if Manchester United chiefs were hoping for an instant bounce from their new manager, they were very much mistaken and, more tham 15 games into his reign, the club are exactly where they were when he took them on: 15th in the Premier League.
Indeed, Amorim has presided over a meagre five wins across all competitions since taking charge. And while there have been the highs of wins at Manchester City and a deserved draw at league leaders Liverpool, there have been low moments too, not least a 3-0 defeat at home to Bournemouth and a 2-0 loss at Wolves.
Now Scholes has told Amorim he needs to make wholesale changes to his squad and thinks eight stars – signed for a total of £376.9m – need axing for the long-term health of the club.
In a game of ‘keep or sell’ on TNT Sports, Scholes listed two summer signings Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs de Ligt as two players they need to get rid of.
The pair arrived for £36.5m from Bologna and £42.9m from Bayern Munich, respectively, though Scholes is convinced in the qualities of either.
Scholes also feels four other players brought to the club in the Ten Hag era need axing with the expensive Antony (£86m) and Casemiro (£70m) joining Mason Mount (£55m), and, perhaps most surprisingly, Lisandro Martinez (£56.5m) also on his chopping block.
Finally, Scholes has called for United to move on two long-serving stars Luke Shaw (£30m) and academy product Marcus Rashford.
Despite listing those eight stars, Scholes actually fears the next and biggest exit will be Alejandro Garnacho, though he insists United would not miss the player.
