Scholes calls Man Utd a “poisonous mess” that can be fixed by Conte

Paul Scholes

has called

a “poisonous mess”, but he urged his ex-club to get

Antonio Conte

away from

in the summer transfer window.

The Red Devils started the 2021-22 season on the wrong foot, with

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

being sacked and his interim

Ralf Rangnick

replacing him for the remainder of the season.

Manchester United are concerned as they may even end the season outside of the top four, extending their trophyless seasons to five. Scholes does not believe the situation will improve any time soon.

The ex-United midfielder, who featured in 700 games for his side from 1993 to 2013, said on the 

Webby and O’Neill YouTube

channel:

"The club just feels like it’s in a mess, player, staff and manager wise.

"Who wants to come into this club? It feels like a right mess. It does feel poisonous.”

Scholes added on Rangnick's ranks, which lack quality:

"It has to come a point where you think, ‘Are these players good enough?'

“We know [Cristiano] Ronaldo, [Paul] Pogba, [Raphael] Varane, [Nemanja] Matic have great experience and won trophies but the rest of the squad haven’t proven themselves to be good enough to win anything.

“Some of these players have had a lot of games now. Marcus Rashford, he’s had a lot of games, are we ever going to see these lads reach their potential?

“Are they ever going to be good enough to win trophies? [Harry] Maguire, is he good enough? [Victor] Lindelof, is he good enough?

“We keep saying how good they are but they are failing to produce what is required on the pitch.”

Scholes then questioned whether Rangnick is suitable for the job as he lacks experience at the highest level.

“

We have gone to a man well regarded across Europe, especially by managers who speak highly of him like [Jurgen] Klopp and [Thomas] Tuchel,"

he said of the German tactician.

"But he’s not had much success as a coach.

“He won promotion in Germany and a bit with Schalke but he has been asked to come and manage the biggest club in the world - it's something I just cannot get my head round.

“They should have the best available out there as their manager. They haven’t got that and I find that astonishing.

“We should have one of the top five managers in the world. Now, Tuchel, [Pep] Guardiola and Klopp are the top three but they are unavailable, there is no chance of getting them. But then you look at Antonio Conte."

Scholes believes Antonio Conte is the man capable of turning things around at Manchester United and is hopeful they can persuade him to depart Tottenham when the season ends.

"

Some people say he was not suited to United but you have seen what he is doing at Tottenham with a squad that is nowhere near as good as United’s,"

he added.

“He will probably challenge for the top four and United missed a trick with him. They could probably still get him from Tottenham. Tottenham fans probably won’t like me for saying that.

“You can see he is already getting frustrated with his squad of players and is asking for other stuff.  Conte could do something special here, he has got the pedigree to do it. Will we be able to get him? I don’t know.”

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