Ruud Gullit makes concerning Man Utd statement as summer transfer mistake made

Joshua Zirkzee was 1 of respective Manchester United recruits successful the summertime but he's not scored since his debut arsenic Ruud Gullit underlines the dangers of playing for the Premier League side

Ruud Gullit insists Joshua Zirkzee is simply a bully subordinate - but astatine Manchester United it is "hard to bash well".

The Dutchman made the determination to Old Trafford successful the summer disconnected the backmost of an awesome twelvemonth successful Serie A with Bologna. It led to a big of apical European outfits eyeing his signature but yet it was the Manchester outfit who won the race.

Zirkzee came disconnected the seat to people a precocious victor connected his debut, downing Fulham, but since past has been incapable to find the net. United excessively are yet to find a presumption which volition let the versatile guardant to thrive, possibly pointing to their ain playing and stylistic problems.

Gullit would alternatively person seen his compatriot stay successful Italy and articulation AC Milan, but helium opted for a power to the Premier League giants. The reddish fractional of Manchester has proved to beryllium a graveyard for elite players and Gullit fears Zirzkee whitethorn autumn foul of that.

He told Gazzetta dello Sport : “Zirkzee would person done amended to accidental yes to Milan alternatively of moving to Manchester United successful England. Now alternatively helium is astatine a nine that has truthful galore problems. He’s good, nary uncertainty astir that, but astatine United, it’s hard to bash well."

Over the years a big of large names players, galore whom person thrived elsewhere, person moved to Old Trafford and flopped. Going backmost a decennary the likes of Angel di Maria were signed for large money, but failed to present and was sold connected aft conscionable 12 months.

More precocious players similar Jadon Sancho and Alexis Sanchez person joined the Manchester outfit with large expectations, lone to struggle. The civilization of the nine has been criticised with United a cardinal miles from the levels they enjoyed during the Sir Alex Ferguson era.

Last twelvemonth Gary Neville bemoaned the information that apical players caput to Old Trafford - lone to continuously fail. "There are precise fewer players that excel astatine Manchester United successful this past 10 years," helium said. "They were each large players erstwhile they came to the club, they were each wanted by different clubs.

"They won these players disconnected of different clubs and past they extremity up coming to Manchester United and they extremity up not succeeding and not performing to their levels, wherefore is that? It's due to the fact that it's not culturally close to judge players successful the mode that it should bash and we (United) request to get that right."

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