Gary Neville has urged the Manchester United board to 'hold their nerve' and stick with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer despite the club's poor start to the season.
United's poor form away form home continued on Sunday as they fell to defeat against Newcastle meaning they have not won away in all competitions since Paris Saint-Germain in March and they sit 12th in the Premier League table having won just two games out of the opening eight fixtures.
Odds have already been slashed on the Norwegian being sacked with league leaders Liverpool already 15 points ahead of Solskjaer's struggling side but Neville believes the manager needs to be given time to implement his plans.
"The board need to hold their nerve. They're responsible for this with poor recruitment, poor selection of managers, going with them and then pulling off them. They've also gone for different styles of managers, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer now taking the club in a completely different direction," Neville said on Sky Sports.
"If you change direction as a board every two years, investing £250m along the way in each manager, you're going to have big problems."
United bought in three signings during the summer transfer window but with the departure of Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez they have been struggling up front and Neville admits they are going to need a number of new faces before they can starts to improve.
"They got three in the summer of the right type, they've done OK so far but they need another five or six," Neville said.
"They need another centre-back, they need a left-back, they need two central midfield players, they need a wide player and they need a top centre-forward. They need five or six top players in that squad and they're going to cost a lot of money. Hopefully they can be supplemented by the young players coming through, because there is some talent in those players."
