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Neville calls Fernandes the only good Manchester United signing in a decade

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has commented on the appointment of Ruben Amorim as the new manager of the Red Devils.

“Amorim has to get the best out of the players. The players need to take responsibility for what's happened in the last 10 years.The club have signed a lot of players that other clubs wanted and when those players have arrived at Manchester United they've deteriorated. Why is that? It could be the coach, it could be the players, it could be the environment is too big for them, whatever it is it has to change because if he [Amorim] doesn't change that he will fall the same way the rest of them have.

There are managers that have come here that have been tried and tested and successful, there are players that have come here with great potential and ones that you thought would be good signings for the club - only really Bruno [Fernandes] I can think of in 10 years has signed for the club and done more than I thought he would. I can't think of any other player. That's £1.8bn spent in the last 10 years, that's one thing that has to change,” Neville said, as quoted by Daily Mail.

On November 1, it was announced that 39-year-old Amorim, who recently left Sporting, signed with Manchester United and will begin his role on November 11.