80s football legend slams new Man Utd signing and Erik ten Hag’s ‘idiotic’ decision to buy him

Dutch shot fable Marco van Basten has slammed Manchester United’s header summer signing Manuel Ugarte and cannot recognize Erik 10 Hag’s determination to bargain him.

The Uruguay planetary joined the Red Devils successful the summer pursuing a drawn retired transportation saga which yet culminated successful the 23-year-old arriving astatine Old Trafford connected deadline time successful a £42 cardinal deal.

Ugarte has spent conscionable a solitary play astatine Paris Saint-Germain having earned a estimation arsenic a pugnacious tackling enforcer during his clip astatine Sporting Lisbon.

Having been forced to bide his clip to marque his debut, Ugarte belatedly made his archetypal Premier League commencement successful Sunday’s dismal 3-0 decision against Spurs and looked good disconnected the pace.

Ugarte was criticised for sluggish show during which helium was booked and astatine responsibility for Spurs’ opening extremity erstwhile centre-half Micky van de Ven was allowed to tally unchallenged for astir 70 yards earlier crossing the shot to an unmarked Brennan Johnson who tapped location from adjacent range.

A miserable day came to an extremity erstwhile helium was substituted midway done the 2nd play and a watching Van Basten was near struggling to comprehend the thought process down recruiting a subordinate who already looks ill-suited to the demands of English football.

‘I saw a caller subordinate walking astir astatine Manchester United, Ugarte, for €50M! helium said. ‘How is this feline walking astir there?

‘It’s idiotic however overmuch helium [Ten Hag] has decided to put successful players who are not adjacent good!’

Ugarte was acold from the lone United subordinate to beryllium singled retired by Van Basten for disapproval with the erstwhile Milan striker offering a brutal instrumentality connected the performances of Casemiro and Marcus Rashford.

He added: ‘Name maine 1 apical subordinate astatine Manchester United? At each apical nine you spot a apical player. Rashford is precise bad. Bruno Fernandes is simply a bully player, Onana is simply a bully goalkeeper.

‘That’s it. Casemiro is done. Garnacho is simply a decent player. But cipher carries that team!’

Ten Hag, meanwhile, has conscionable 2 games to prevention his occupation small much than 2 months aft United’s caller backroom squad decided to spot their religion successful him having tapped up imaginable replacements successful the summer.

United question to Porto connected Thursday having started their Europa League run with a disappointing gully astatine location against FC Twente, earlier a daunting travel to Villa Park against a broadside who again look to person genuine apical 4 credentials.

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