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Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has lashed out at the club’s players, saying they could fire manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer if they continue to underperform.
FILE PHOTO: Soccer – Premier League – Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur – Old Trafford, Manchester, Great Britain – October 4, 2020 Manchester United Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær Pool via REUTERS / Oli Scarff
REUTERS: Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has lashed out at the club’s players, saying they could fire manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer if they continue to underperform.
United suffered a 6-1 hammer blow at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, their worst joint loss in the Premier League era, matching their 6-1 loss to Manchester City in 2011.
Solskjaer’s team, which finished third last season, have added just three points from three games this season and are ranked 16th.
“His performance against Spurs was disgraceful,” Keane, who won seven Premier League titles with United between 1993 and 2005 and is now a television expert, told ITV. “You all have bad days in football. Some of the players were an embarrassment to the United crest.
“Too many braggarts and ultimately these players will cost Ole his job. The players he has there, they threw former coach José Mourinho under the bus and they will do the same for Ole.”
United moved quickly to strengthen their squad after the Spurs debacle, signing Edinson Cavani in a free transfer, Brazilian left-back Alex Telles of Porto and 18-year-old Uruguayan winger Facundo Pellistri of Atlético Peñarol on the deadline. transfer.
Solskjaer’s side will face ninth-ranked Newcastle United on 17 October when they return to action after the international break.
(Report from Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Edited by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
