Neville: "Over the last 10 years, Man Utd has become a graveyard for footballers"

Former Manchester United captain, Gary Neville, has made a stark statement, describing the club as a graveyard for players, while also commenting on the future of the team’s head coach, Erik ten Hag.

Yesterday, the Red Devils suffered a 3-0 defeat at home to Liverpool in the third round of the Premier League.

"Every manager that comes to this club has struggled. And there is a feeling today of, are we going to go through the same thing again? But I think it's a time for a bit of calm, it's an international break, which is probably well needed for United.

But Erik ten Hag is going to have to get the club into a position, sort of challenging the Champions League towards Christmas, or else he's going to be in trouble.

When I came back from Valencia, I think in the April [of 2016] I came to a game. It was one of Louis van Gaal's last games, and I saw the stadium was sort of half empty during a match, and they're playing Crystal Palace on like a Tuesday night. I thought, "that is a signal"

So today, there being 25,000 [fans inside the 74,000-capacity stadium] with five minutes to go, it's a real problem for Ten Hag that can't continue. And I think you'll get a few months to be able to get used to these new players coming in. And I think they'll assess it at that time. He can't be in eighth at the end of November and going into December, he's got to be up there in that top four or five. He has to be," Neville told the Daily Mail.

Manchester United currently sits in 14th place in the EPL table with three points.

In the next round of the Premier League, the Mancunians will play away against Southampton. The match is scheduled for September 14.