Former Manchester United right-back Gary Neville has explained that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must be “selfish” and push to sign experienced players in the January transfer market to bolster his team.
The Red Devils currently sit in ninth spot on the Premier League table following a thrilling 3-3 draw away at Sheffield United, leaving them nine points away from a top-four berth.
Since the past 13 League games, Solskjaer has delivered only four wins term and pointed to a lack of experience for his side’s latest setback at Bramall Lane against Sheffield United on Sunday.
The 46-year-old Norwegian has put faith in a number of young players across his 11 months in charge of promoting youth as well as keeping the more experienced players in the squad on extended contracts. But ex-Manchester United defender Gary Neville has urged his former colleague to recruit more experienced heads if he wants to save his job, which is under some scrutiny at the moment.
On Monday night’s Sky Sports show, the 41-year-old Neville explained that Solskjaer needs to go and spend money in the winter transfer window to bring in top players and demanded the 46-year-old become a bit more selfish as well in the process, “Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has to go and spend the club’s money in January, for himself, He has to go and spend the club’s money on two or three experienced players, he must demand it. He’s not going to be there to see the fruits of the labor that he’s putting in, the foundations he’s laying because there are a lot of good young players out on that pitch, that I actually enjoy watching.”
Neville won eight Premier League titles with Manchester United and finally concluded by saying that “Ole’s going to have to be selfish, he’s going to have that ruthless streak that a [Jose] Mourinho has, or [Antonio] Conte has, and spend the club’s money to protect himself. Put two or three experienced players in amongst that group and they could come alive.”
