Man Utd need FIVE more players to bring back the glory days, says club legend Giggs
RYAN GIGGS says Manchester United need to sign FIVE more players to bring the glory days back to Old Trafford.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s under-fire side have won just five of their last 22 matches, and are winless in ten away games, ahead of today’s crunch Prem clash at Newcastle.
Thursday’s limp display in the goalless Europa League bore draw at Dutch outfit AZ Alkmaar saw the spluttering Red Devils fail to register one shot on target.
Solskjaer is focused on rebuilding the club with youth at its heart, following the summer departures of star names Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez.
United, languishing in mid-table in the Prem, began their new transfer strategy with the arrivals of defenders Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and wideman Dan James in the summer.
But club legend and now Wales boss Giggs, who won 34 trophies during a glittering Old Trafford career, believes the Norwegian is not even halfway through his squad overhaul, with the midfield and strikeforce the next focus.
He said: “I see what Ole is doing and I support that. He’s brought in three players but he probably needs seven or eight.
"So he needs another four or five. But you can’t do that over one transfer window, so you have to be patient because it will be slow.
“What he is trying to do was much needed. He needs time.”
Yet United’s recent history suggests the clock will already be ticking, with the hierarchy unable to show patience with former managers David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho.
He is almost halfway through his four-year contract with Wales but has not ruled out returning to the Prem.
He said: “It’s difficult and it’s going to get even more difficult because of the pressure you are under from owners, fans, the media.
"But you know what you are getting yourself into.”