Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made the team even worse, claims Michael Owen

While Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was without regular starters in the form of Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial, Paul Pogba and Victor Lindelof, the Manchester United boss has been put under the cosh. Not only that former Manchester United star Michael Owen believes that only a handful of stars that played against Newcastle United are good enough to play for the club.

“They haven’t got the players, they’re simply not good . That first XI, I’d say there are only three players, maybe four, that should be Manchester United players for the future. If you’re looking to build that club back to where it was, then there’s probably three or four in that first team,” Owen told Premier League Productions.

“Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in his interview afterwards, I was almost slipping down my chair, it was almost like he doesn’t know what’s going wrong, let’s say. He can look over his shoulder and think ‘down the road you’ve got Jurgen Klopp, you’ve got Guardiola - these are managers that are actually improving their players, they’re getting the best out of their squad."