Graeme Souness feels that the players have to blame, not Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Man United have had a defeat recently, which is 2-1 defeat by Istanbul Basaksehir – and Ole is under threat of being sacked. However, Souness feels United players are the one to blame for this.
“I have been a manager, I’ve been sacked, I’ve been a manager under pressure, and it’s not an easy time for Ole. He’s only ever been one game away from everything being wrong at the football club, and that’s the price on the ticket when you’re at Manchester United,” said Souness.
“I read in a newspaper that the players wouldn’t be against a change: the players have got Manchester United into this situation, not Ole! The players have underperformed. But the way football is these days, all the focus is on changing the manager.
“You ask your players to constantly look in the mirror and ask: can I do more? I wonder if any Manchester United players are doing that right now. Or is it the easy route, the exit hatch: ‘Get rid of the manager and everything will be fine’.
“Sometimes these players have to stand up and be counted, and there’s less and less of that in the Premier League now than there has ever been. If I was a Manchester United supporter I’d be unhappy reading that the players wouldn’t be against a change.”
