Manchester United hero Paul Parker has ripped into three players at the club, after Ruben Amorim became the latest coach to lose his job at Old Trafford.
The 40-year-old was appointed as Erik ten Hag's successor in November 2024 with high expectations, having previously worked wonders at Sporting Lisbon.
But Amorim frequently struggled to get the best from his United players during his time in the dugout and, on Monday, he was axed after speaking out against the board.
The Portuguese coach heavily implied that he wasn't being given enough support when it came to transfers, with that outburst ultimately costing him his job at Old Trafford.
Many managers have come and gone at United in the years since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, with Amorim joining Ten Hag, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Jose Mourinho, Louis van Gaal and David Moyes on the scrapheap.
Yet Parker thinks players need to take responsibility, with the Red Devils icon singling out Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire and Diogo Dalot for criticism.
Speaking exclusively to GB News with Freebets.com, the home of the new casino sites, Parker said: "I am staggered that the likes of Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire are still at the club, and playing week in week out when they aren't injured.
"They are two runts of the litter. Dalot is another - he flatters to deceive all the time and is not up to the required level.
"Luke Shaw shouldn't be playing now and Harry Maguire seems to be picking his injuries.
Manchester United hero Paul Parker has ripped into three players at the club, after Ruben Amorim became the latest coach to lose his job at Old Trafford
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"You're now forced to be playing youngsters in the back line and [Ayden] Heaven's done incredibly well and thank goodness for him."
Parker also suggested that it was time for United to cut Bruno Fernandes loose as well.
The Portugal international has been their most-consistent performer since arriving from Sporting Lisbon back in the January transfer window of 2020.
Yet Parker thinks he should be offloaded, having previously attracted interest from clubs in Saudi Arabia.
"Do you play Bruno Fernandes if the club's going to go forward? You don't," he continued.
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Paul Parker thinks Manchester United shouldn't build around Bruno Fernandes
| PA"Because at the end of the day, Bruno Fernandes played for Manchester United when they were poor, they weren't successful.
"People say, they won this and they won that. They didn't win a league, and didn't come close to winning the league, and didn't win a European competition.
"It's been fantastic for a bad team to have someone like him who can put a cape on and make a difference.
"So to move forward, you don't build around someone like that, you move on, and people say what are they going to do without Bruno Fernandes? They said that when Bryan Robson left, they said that when Mark Hughes went. They said that when Roy Keane went and they are all far superior to Bruno Fernandes.
"Everybody is playing the same way now. Everything's identical.
"If Manchester United get it right now and did something positive, they could actually compete to win the league.
"It’s not foolhardy to say that. In theory it could be deemed a ridiculous comment.
"But the league is that poor. When you have Arsenal at the top of it, who are a George Graham team with more money in their pocket and they're playing fearful football...
"They're scared to go forward in case someone gets in behind them and they might have a shot.
"The manager virtually sets his team up for everything they do. Be precise and don't allow a counter-attack.
Relations were strained between Ruben Amorim and the Manchester United board prior to his sacking | GETTY"So they're boring people to death. They're not showing me anything to say they are going to be impressive title winners."
United appointed Amorim knowing he was wedded to a 3-4-3 system.
Yet having instructed him to tweak his tactics, that ultimately led to the 40-year-old growing frustrated.
Parker believes United board members need to shoulder some of the blame for their latest managerial casualty.
"They've got to take a lot of the blame because initially they knew what they were dealing with when he was selling himself to them to get the job, he told them exactly what he wanted to do and he told them the way he wanted to play," he added.
"I imagine they turned around and said to him, 'but what if things change or don't go according to plan?'
"He was clear in what he wanted to do and they accepted that. So of course they have to accept responsibility for employing him.
"It seems like once you've got a tie to a director of football or technical director, you're not held accountable anymore.
"I feel sorry for anybody who wants to get into football and to get their own team because you're never going to be given a chance to run that team the way you want to run it, or to be given the players that you want or need."