Gary Neville feels ‘victim’ of Solskjaer’s floundering tactics at Man United

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Gary Neville has insisted Jadon Sancho should not bear the brunt of Manchester United’s criticism, which the team as a whole should face instead.

The Red Devils were looking to return from the international break to help finish a rocky patch of shape. In fact, they have won only two of their six matches coming from Saturday’s game against Leicester.

However, they made it two of seven as the Foxes ran out 4-2 at King Power Stadium.

Leicester also ended Man United’s Premier League run unbeaten which dates back to January 2020 at Anfield.

The pressure later increased on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ahead of a string of tough matches. As for tactics and players, Neville recently criticized the lack of “working horses” outside of Manchester United’s possession.

Meanwhile, new £73m Jadon Sancho has yet to score and has faced a lot of criticism.

According to Neville, though, he is a “victim” of broader problems in Solskjaer’s squad.

“Sancho at the moment, is a victim of the team’s current performance,” the expert said (via Metro).

“You would have liked a player like that to come to a stable unit and still be on his feet. I think he played well in the last 20 minutes against Everton a couple of weeks ago. But he shouldn’t be the focus of any criticism at the moment.”

Neville said that despite Sancho’s transfer fee, his lack of goals remains a “distraction”.

To strike the right balance, he added, Solskjaer must make the likes of Sancho, Mason Greenwood, Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes “work like they’ve never done before”.

Neville has Van de Beek questions

Saturday’s defeat to Leicester came and went without Donny van de Beek leaving the bench again.

The Dutch midfielder remained stuck at 141 minutes of the season spread over three games in all competitions.

“Why isn’t Donny van de Beek given a chance?” Neville said.

“There’s something about that. He hasn’t been given a chance for 18 months, so you have to come to the conclusion that Ole didn’t sign him or he doesn’t fancy him.

“Both are not good for Donny van de Beek so I think he needs to go and play football somewhere.”

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