Gary Neville has told Ruben Amorim to ‘wipe out every single player’ who is lacking confidence after Luke Shaw’s shocking post-match interview.
Football pundit and United legend Neville has blasted Shaw for what he said after the Red Devils lost the Europa League final to Tottenham.
United left-back Shaw, speaking after the painful defeat, made a huge admission and said: ‘It hurts a lot. This season has not been good enough.
‘Us as players, we have to question if we’re good enough for Man United because this season is not acceptable.’
Those remarks have infuriated Neville, who has called out the United defender on The Overlap US and has told Amorim what to do with him.
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‘Luke, it’s not your job to determine that, the manager will determine that,’ Neville said.
‘When the players are starting to come out and question publicly whether they are good enough to play for the club that you know how bad it is internally there. Imagine what they are saying inside.
‘If you can feel people having a [negative] influence over others, I think you have to wipe it out.
‘You’ve got to wipe out every single player in that dressing room who doesn’t believe that they have got total and utter confidence to play for that football club.
‘The club is eating them alive, it’s too big for them and someone’s got to get a grip of that club and I think it has to be the manager. Ruben, you’ve got to get a grip of that club.’
United head coach Amorim has claimed he will walk away from the club with no pay-off if the board and fans decide his time is already up.
Amorim only arrived at Old Trafford in November, succeeding Erik ten Hag, and his comments after the Europa League final have also upset Neville.
‘Ruben Amorim is so honest to a point of fault, don’t offer yourself up, don’t offer yourself up ever, don’t do that,’ Neville added. ‘Stop doing the honourable thing.
‘The reasons this club is failing is a series of things that are not all down to you. You didn’t sign any of those players.
‘He didn’t want to take this job [until end of season]. He’ll wish he just said no.
‘Now is not the time for him to offer himself up, just tell us how you’re going to get it right.’
United have already decided that they have no intention of sacking Amorim this summer after the team’s failure to win the Europa League.
Jamie Carragher, though, feels United’s hierarchy must start contemplating whether or not they’ve made a mistake in appointing him.