Paul Scholes tells Man Utd who they need to sign to avoid relegation fight next season

Manchester United person endured a wretched season, with Ruben Amorim winning conscionable 4 Premier League games, and Paul Scholes believes they urgently request to motion caller recruits

Paul Scholes has urged Manchester United to motion 5 players oregon hazard becoming embroiled successful a relegation combat adjacent season.

United have endured a wretched campaign and presently beryllium 13th successful the Premier League. They are lone 12 points extracurricular the driblet portion though, with Ruben Amorim struggling to get a tune retired of the team since replacing Erik 10 Hag.

Amorim has won conscionable of the 13 top-flight games helium has taken complaint of, losing seven. United did boost their squad with the summation of fullback Patrick Dorgu successful the January transportation window.

But Scholes believes they request to spell overmuch further successful the summertime erstwhile the model opens again. He has called connected the Red Devils to motion a caller keeper, 2 centre-backs, 1 cardinal midfielder and a caller centre forward, with Amorim's struggles raising concerns.

"There are a fewer things that are concerning. There's a batch of worldly helium (Amorim) needs to do, we each cognize that, particularly successful transportation windows, but I don't spot a halfway of players," Scholes told The Overlap Fan Debate.

"When you look astatine teams, you look close down the spine of a team. Liverpool : large goalkeeper, large centre half, forwards, midfielders, whatever. I don't deliberation United person immoderate of that successful immoderate position.

"I deliberation a caller goalkeeper is needed, perchance 2 centre halves, 2 centre midfield players, and 2 centre forwards. Alright, I'll spell for 1 centre midfielders and 1 centre forward, but with a spot of stature, a spot of quality, and truly make a spine.

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"When you've got that spine right, past you tin adhd bits to it. That spine, that core, is truthful important. If they don't get that close this summer, this mightiness dependable ridiculous, but the signifier since this manager is in, they could beryllium looking astatine relegation. I'm telling you, it's been truthful bad."

Centre guardant has been a occupation for immoderate with neither Rasmus Hojlund, bought for £72million successful 2022, oregon Joshua Zirkzee, bought for £36.5m past summer, proving up to scratch. Hojlund played successful the triumph implicit Leicester past Friday, but appears to amusement vexation with Amorim, thing the United brag played down.

“I deliberation it's a bully thing. I volition not accidental 1 connection atrocious astir this benignant of behaviour. He needs to recognize that sometimes helium has to bash a occupation without touching the ball," Amorim said aft the game.

"He cannot get truthful frustrated due to the fact that successful the adjacent play, possibly helium volition person a concern adjacent the goal. So helium has to beryllium calm. But this is simply a character, and if you cognize truthful galore players from that benignant of quality that helium has from that country, they ever privation more.

"They privation to score, they consciousness the critics. So, it's a bully thing, but helium volition improve. And a striker needs a precise bully squad to present precise bully balls for him, and we are not helping our strikers astatine moment.”

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