Gary Neville believes Romelu Lukaku , Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini do not fit in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United system.
All three were missing from the Red Devils’ starting XI to face Spurs on Sunday, with the Belgian striker and Spanish midfielder on the bench. Fellaini was not in the squad.
The trio of United players have struggled for game time since Solskjaer took charge, with the Norwegian preferring pace in his team.
The likes of Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial have all profited from the caretaker boss’s style.
“Looking at what Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has done, he’s left out Lukaku, he’s left out Mata most of the time, it’s not a reflection on those two players but they do slow down attacks,” Neville mused while commentating during United’s win for Sky Sports.
“They can’t move from one box to another quickly, all these players can run, along with the quality they have. Fellaini as well.
“They are two players who can potentially add things from the bench but they can’t play at this pace, they can’t make the movements of Martial, Lingard, Rashford, Pogba, they are not capable of doing it, they haven’t got the physical attributes to do it.
“It [pace] is the basis of every team, you look at Manchester City with Sterling and Sane or Liverpool with Salah and Firmino, every team has to have those players and with the likes of Mata, Lukaku and Fellaini in the team, it was too slow. “