United’s foundations at risk unless Solskjaer rids club of ‘weeds’
London — Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said prior to Sunday’s humiliating 4-0 thrashing by Everton there would not be wholesale changes to Manchester United personnel in the close season, but Gary Neville, for one, believes he should think again. United’s millionaire stars such as Paul Pogba and David de Gea put up a display described by the British media on Monday as “abject”, “an apology” for a performance, with the team derided as being generally “rudderless” and “spineless”. However, while it came five years to the day when a 2-0 defeat by the same opponents cost David Moyes his job, it is not Solskjaer who is being targeted but the underperforming Pogba and his teammates. The World Cup-winning midfielder, after a series of encouraging performances when Solskjaer first assumed the reins in December, has returned to being the nonexistent presence so often the focus of Jose Mourinho’s ire — although it was the Portuguese coach who was sacrificed. His and Nemanja Matic’s failure to...
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