Man Utd legend Paul McGrath savages ‘limp’ stars and fears for struggling manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

MANCHESTER UNITED have been strongly criticised and labelled as “limp” and “embarrassing”by one of the club’s former stars.

Paul McGrath has laid into his former side’s lack of firepower and believes that recent performances have been nowhere near good enough.

United travel to Newcastle on Sunday afternoon having not won any of their last ten matches on the road.

And McGrath has blasted his former side’s sticky run of form.

He wrote for the Irish Independent: “They didn’t have enough firepower to overpower little Rochdale in the League Cup a couple of weeks back and the performance against Arsenal on Monday night was also very flat, as they lacked the strike power to finish off opponents that were there for the taking.

“Then you see them going to play the third- or fourth-best team in Holland on Thursday night in a Europa League competition Manchester United should never be in, and they didn’t manage to get a single shot on target across the whole match as they drew 0-0.

“It was embarrassing.

“While Ole is doing his best to put a positive gloss on his side’s limp performances and his former playing colleagues continue to stick up for him in the media, the truth is this is a situation that may not get better any time soon.

“I said back in March the club made a mistake giving him the United job on a permanent basis before they got to the end of the season.

“And, sadly, that pessimism now looks to have been well placed as Ole has struggled since he was given that contract.”

McGrath knows about being part of a triumphant Man United side – having won the FA Cup with the Red Devils back in 1985.

Solskjaer’s team face a daunting run of fixtures after the international break when they host Liverpool before trips to Partizan Belgrade, Norwich City and Chelsea.

And if they can’t find a way to score more goals, the Norwegian’s time could soon be up.