Man Utd's transfer business slammed after woeful start - 'It doesn't look great'

Louis Saha says helium doesn't spot immoderate world-class players successful mis-firing Red Devils onslaught with truthful galore large signings connected the seat showing they person got things wrong

Louis Saha is disquieted by Manchester United’s costly flops - and helium reckons they don’t person immoderate world-class attackers.

In a damning indictment of the Red Devils’ transportation strategy, the erstwhile United and France striker says it’s alarming however atrocious things are. Currently marooned successful 14th successful 1 of their worst starts to a play for decades, Erik 10 Hag is nether monolithic unit yet again. They forked retired £36.5m for Dutch striker Joshua Zirkzee successful the summertime but he’s already being tipped for a determination away.

He was astir precocious connected the seat on with £85m Brazilian misfit winger Antony and different summertime signing, the £42.9m defender Matthijs de Light. Denmark striker Rasmus Højlund has besides struggled for signifier successful a United broadside who person scored conscionable FIVE goals successful 7 Premier League matches, garnering lone 2 wins.

Saha said: “When you look astatine the concern with Manchester United not starting their costly players, it doesn’t look great.

“But astatine the time, these players volition people goals and person large performances, and no-one volition situation that. The fig of games wherever they person not delivered is concerning, but the players are good.

"Around them, Manchester United conscionable request 1 world-class subordinate – whether that’s up apical oregon successful midfield - and I don’t spot that."

In an interrogation with Paddy Power, Saha continued: "These players are successful a bracket wherever they person tons of imaginable but are not the finished merchandise yet. We cognize that Rasmus Højlund and Joshua Zirkzee tin perchance people 25 goals successful a season, they haven't done it yet, they’re inactive learning.

"They person plentifulness of endowment but should beryllium processing their skills playing with Ruud van Nistlerooy alternatively than conscionable being coached by him.”

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