Gary Neville likened Manchester United to a school in special measures and described Old Trafford as a footballer’s “graveyard”

Former player and TV Pundit Gary Neville likened Manchester United to a school in special measures and described Old Trafford as a footballer’s “graveyard”

Speaking on Sky Sports last night Gary Neville said We’ve blamed the players a lot over the past 10 years but I was excited by many of these signings over the past 10 years,” he said on Sky Sports Monday Night Football.

“But it’s become a graveyard for football players this club, where players are considering whether even to come to this club. They can’t get them in. Where I got to the point on Saturday was you’ve got to move away from the players.

“When a school is underperforming and getting poor results regularly over a period of time, they get put in special measures by government and the kids don’t get blamed. And that’s where Manchester United are. They’re in special measures and you can’t blame the kids anymore.”

Meanwhile Manchester United Supporters Trust says it will “demand answers” from those running the club after a “humiliatingly bad” start to the season.

It follows the 4-0 defeat at Brentford at the weekend

In a statement released after the game The Trust said

What we have witnessed tonight is an embarrassment – no, a humiliation – for Manchester United fans. And yet in many ways it was not a surprise. It feels like the culmination of a long-term direction of travel.

MUST hold the owners of the Club primarily responsible for this new low in our decade of decline. Sir Alex papered over the cracks, but since 2013 the consequences of our owners has been plain to see.

On behalf of Manchester United fans everywhere, we demand urgent and radical change. And we as fans – all of us – need to stick together. Fans unity, with one voice aimed at the owners and the club, is needed more than ever right now.

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