Julius OkorieAs Manchester United new coach, Ruben Amorim, continues in his quest to make the Reds the team to beat, former Manchester United playmaker, Paul Scholes, says the team will need massive overhaul.
Scholes who scored over 107 goals for Manchester United during his playing days says that Amorim may need to offload as many as 14 players in the course of shaping the team.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelScholes maintained that Amorim has a far bigger rebuilding job on his hands at Old Trafford than Mikel Arteta did at Arsenal.
Amorim, 40 has endured a tough start to his time at United and recently described the team as the worst in the club’s history.
Arteta found Arsenal in a similar state when he replaced Unai Emery five years ago. But he gradually built a team that has competed for the Premier League title in the last three seasons. Arteta began by getting rid of the likes of Matteo Guendouzi, Mesut Ozil and Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang.
Amorim appears to be on a similar path having left Marcus Rashford out of his match day squad for over a month.The former Sporting Lisbon boss is also not playing Casemiro.
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“The trouble Amorim’s got is there’s not just three of them,” Scholes told The Overlap fan debate.“You could be talking about 13 or 14 of them he doesn’t want.”
Manchester United have only managed to accumulate 29 points in 23 matches and occupy the 12 position in the 20-team English Premier League.
The Old Trafford landlords, who edged Arsenal to advance in the FA Cup, won three out of their last four matches but suffered a 3-1 defeat in the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion in Game week 22 at home.
Up next for Amorim and his boys is Europa League clash away to Romanian club SC Footbal Club FCSB SA on Thursday.
In their last Europa league outing, United ran away with a 2-1 victory over visiting Scottish League side, Rangers.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
