Scholes slams Manchester United's transfer strategy

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has joined the chorus of criticism aimed at the club's management and Ruben Amorim's transfer strategy.

Scholes believes the summer recruitment was fundamentally flawed, arguing that the team's most pressing needs were in midfield and goal, rather than the three offensive additions made.

"I don't think the quality is there. No matter which two players he picks in midfield from the four or five available, whatever combination he tries – with Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes, Kobbie Mainoo – it just isn't working. That's a huge problem.

'I thought all summer long that the absolute priority was to sign a central midfielder who could control the game. The goalkeeper was also a major issue. Did they really need to get to the Grimsby game to realize Onana wasn't good enough?

'If Manchester United didn't enter the transfer battle for Gianluigi Donnarumma, who was available, that's a crime. The recruitment team focused on buying forwards. Attention was certainly needed there, but were three new players really necessary? I'm not sure," Scholes told the BBC.