Wayne Rooney thinks former aspect Manchester United look “misplaced” and “scared” on the pitch and that “10 to fifteen gamers want to go away the membership”. Fallen giants United are a lowly 14th within the Premier League, with the likes of Brentford, Bournemouth, Brighton and Nottingham Forest all above them in English soccer’s top-flight. United have gained simply 9 out of 28 league video games to date this season and have been knocked out of each home cup competitions, with their hopes of successful any silverware this time period hanging on Thursday’s Europa League final 16 second-leg tie towards Real Sociedad at Old Trafford.
A hoped for upturn in outcomes since Ruben Amorim changed the sacked Erik ten Hag as supervisor has to date did not materialise, with the Portuguese coach presiding over a mere 5 wins from 17 Premier League fixtures.
United nice Rooney, the membership’s file goalscorer, was blunt when requested on the Stick to Football podcast if there was any hope of a resurgence with the present squad.
“No, I do not suppose so,” he mentioned. “They look misplaced. I believe they appear scared and simply scared to make a mistake.
“I do suppose Bruno (Fernandes) is the one who retains producing, he annoys you at occasions as properly, however he is the one who retains producing. But it wants large adjustments to the squad. I believe 10 to fifteen gamers want to go away the membership.”
“Obviously they cannot try this, however I believe there’s a mentality there the place it is not going proper. This participant will move it on to him, he’ll move it on to him and nobody is taking accountability.”
The 39-year-old Rooney, who talked about United captain Fernandes and teenage fellow midfielder Kobbie Mainoo as gamers he would preserve at United, added: “I believe there may be only a tradition there now the place it is too simple for them to lose video games and then you definitely see them popping out (with), ‘on to the subsequent one’ and all this garbage.
“You’re like ‘simply present it on the pitch — present some character and struggle on the pitch’.
“It’s unhealthy watching, it hurts. Being from Liverpool however spending so a few years at Man United, I need the membership to do properly. I’ve bought my youngsters within the academy there — and watching it, it hurts.”
United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe mentioned Monday in a BBC interview that a number of the membership’s gamers had been “not adequate” and “some most likely are overpaid”.
When Amorim was requested about these feedback on Wednesday forward of the Sociedad match, he mentioned: “I believe if we’re being trustworthy on this second all people — me, all of the gamers — are underperforming this season so we will all the time change that.”
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