After a beyond impressive transfer window that saw them sign Cristiano Ronaldo, Raphael Varane and Jadon Sancho, few expected Manchester United to struggle. That was despite the fact that the club still needed a few additions to become a perfect side as the Red Devils lacked a few players. But nobody expected Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side to go on a four-game winless run in the league although that’s exactly what happened.

“He’s played in some pretty appalling performances in the last few , not him… I mean team performances. He’s come into a club that’s looked completely disjointed in terms of their football. He’s played in a far better team and unit at Dortmund. He’s come in here and probably thinking, ‘what the hell am I in here? What is this?’. There’s no organisation, there’s no structure, the defensive work rate is poor.”

"He’s actually the only player, when you look at the defensive running stats of Manchester United’s front players, that’s got anywhere near… I think he’s fifth or sixth out of the top four clubs’ front players, he was in the top 10. So he’s actually put a shift in. But he must be sat on that bench today thinking, ‘what am I doing?’, now he’s thinking, ‘where do I play in that system?’. 

“Because I don’t see him in a three in midfield and I don’t see him in a two up front, so he’s probably thinking, ‘where is my career at Manchester United?’. And Van de Beek’s thinking the same. Today has been a good day but it does cause problems elsewhere,” he added.