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<\/p>\nManchester United legends Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes ripped into Erik ten Hag\u2019s transfer business at Old Trafford following United\u2019s miserable start to the season.<\/p>\n
United were beaten 4-3 by Bayern Munich in a chaotic Champions League opener on Wednesday night to pile the pressure onto Ten Hag\u2019s broken side.<\/p>\n
And while the Dutchman had three goalkeepers and three teenagers on the bench to call upon due to injuries and unavailabilities, the former United pair hit out at his transfer dealings on TNT Sports\u2019 coverage.<\/p>\n
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Scholes said: "I think they are on a very similar path to last season. They had a really bad start (last term) and a poor start this season.<\/p>\n
"I thought after last year they were going in a different direction and were starting to take this club somewhere. He sorted the discipline and then I thought in the summer, he was going to spend \u00a3200million to take this club to the next level.<\/p>\n
"I don\u2019t think the signings have done that. I think he has made his squad stronger, but I don\u2019t think he has made it better. I don\u2019t think he has made a team that can challenge for the Premier League title or for the competition they are in tonight."<\/p>\n
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United were beaten by a Brighton & Hove Albion starting line-up that cost less than \u00a320million at the weekend, and Ferdinand believes that United need to follow the Seagulls\u2019 lead and recruit smarter.<\/p>\n
Ferdinand said: "When you look at Brighton, they are a team over the last three or four years that have been building in terms of a structure and foundation at a football club, and you can see the way it\u2019s playing out with their recruitment, and even their manager.<\/p>\n
"We talk about rotation and changing of players. I think they changed five or six players against them, the player that scored a hat-trick the week before (Ferguson) was on the bench. So, they are getting the best out of every single player in their squad, whereas at Manchester United, that\u2019s not happening." <\/p>\n
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On the subject of strikers, United came up against their former target in Harry Kane, who scored Bayern\u2019s third from the penalty spot. Asked whether United should have broken the bank for him, Scholes replied: \u201cYes, without a shadow of a doubt.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think United are crying out for a centre-forward, whatever he (Kane) cost they should\u2019ve got him, you\u2019re buying 25-30 goals a season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe players there now, they\u2019re all more suited to playing on the left-hand side. You think Anthony Martial, not a great centre-forward, not that much better on the left-hand side of late. But Marcus Rashford he doesn\u2019t want to play centre-forward, he can\u2019t really do it, he\u2019s a different player, wants to play on the left-hand side.\u201d<\/p>\n