Alan Shearer sends BRUTAL message to former Man United stars-turned-pundits - and reveals the one position where Erik ten Hag's side are 'not good enough'

Alan Shearer his fired a beardown connection to erstwhile Man United stars-turned-pundits aft nan Erik 10 Hag's misfiring broadside drew with Aston Villa. 

Ten Hag's squad continued their mediocre commencement to nan play arsenic they extended their winless tally to 5 matches pinch a goalless tie astatine Villa Park connected Sunday afternoon. 

The stalemate consequence intends nan Red Devils beryllium 14th successful nan league, making it their worst ever commencement to a Premier League run aft 7 games. 

In caller weeks, a number of erstwhile Man United stars person deed retired astatine performances nether Ten Hag and questioned nan strategies employed by nan Dutch coach. 

However, now, Shearer has deed backmost astatine nan players-turned-pundits and insisted that nan nine are presently 'miles and miles' disconnected nan standards group past decade connected a whole.

Speaking connected The Rest Is Football podcast, Shearer said: 'They're conscionable not bully enough, though. 

'We perceive a batch from nan ex-players from Manchester United. But United, [compared to] erstwhile they were playing, they're miles and miles distant from that! 

'They're not bully capable successful truthful galore positions, peculiarly up front.' 

Forward players Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee person struggled to accommodate to life successful Manchester and person scored conscionable 2 goals betwixt them successful 2024-25.

Both players came nether occurrence aft nan Villa tie arsenic erstwhile Red Devils midfielder Paul Scholes questioned nan club's recruitment process. 

'In guardant areas especially, I conscionable don't deliberation nan value is there. We spell backmost to nan astir successful teams, they're tin of scoring goals. What person we scored? Five goals successful 7 games,' Scholes told SuperSport.

'Now we had 3 aliases 4 forwards who could get you 20 goals truthful you're looking astatine 80 goals a play location and I conscionable don't spot that successful nan guardant statement astatine Manchester United. Look, Hojlund does alright but is he gonna people you 20 goals? I don't deliberation so.

'Zirkzee… what is he? Is he a No 9 aliases a No 10? Is he going to get you 20 goals? I don't deliberation so. I deliberation they're relying much connected dream than existent proven value and they spent truthful overmuch money arsenic well.

'It's a ridiculous magnitude of money and immoderate of them can't get successful nan team! You deliberation of [Manuel] Ugarte coming into nan nine who was expected to alteration nan measurement nan midfield was… he didn't play him.

'[Matthijs] De Ligt, £50m and he didn't play him. Jonny Evans has travel successful astatine 36 years aged alternatively of him. [Lisandro] Martinez, Ten Hag brought him into nan club. What's he reasoning today? Jonny Evans is playing, [Harry] Maguire started, [Victor] Lindelof comes connected earlier him. It's conscionable a recruitment messiness really.' 

Meanwhile, past month, nine fable Rio Ferdinand questioned 'what nan hellhole are' United nether Ten Hag aft their 3-0 conclusion by Tottenham. 

'Where's nan pridefulness man? I conscionable don't know,' said Ferdinand. 'That conflict don't look wherever it should be. The Bruno [Fernandes] reddish paper I deliberation is p*** mediocre arsenic well. I deliberation it's a p*** mediocre reddish card. 

'In nary time and property should that ever beryllium a reddish card. A consecutive reddish card? No way, I can't person it.

'But do not fto that distract from nan truth that we were terrible. We were an embarrassment today. The reddish paper shouldn't beryllium an excuse for anybody astatine Man Utd now. It shouldn't beryllium an excuse for anyone astatine nan shot club.

'We were terrible. We were unspeakable to watch. It was a unspeakable benignant of practice of who were are and what we are correct now. 

'Giving nan shot distant constantly. I'm ranting present but I can't thief it. I've sat and watched nan crippled and conscionable thought what nan hellhole are we?'