Paul Ince has claimed that he thought Steve Bruce or Mark Hughes would have done a better job at Manchester United than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Solskjaer has lifted Manchester United to second in the Premier League, which would be their highest finish since 2017/18 under Jose Mourinho.
Having firmly established himself as the man to take Manchester United forward, Ince bizarrely admitted that he believed two former teammates could have done better.
Bruce is under huge pressure from Newcastle United supports after a disappointing season, whilst Hughes is out of work after being sacked by Southampton in December 2018.
“Listen, I think Ole is always calm and doesn’t get too emotional about situations. At the time, when they gave Ole the job, I thought he was really inexperienced for one of the biggest clubs in the world," Ince told Sky Sports.
"I thought there were better managers out there with more experience, like Steve Bruce or Mark Hughes, who could have come in and done a better job.
"But saying that, he’s obviously changed the mindset of the players after Mourinho and the results have been very, very good. The performances have still been really inconsistent, even last week against Burnley, it wasn’t a great performance.
"We look at their away record, they keep going behind and then coming back. They’ve got great character and mental toughness to come back.
"As a manager, you don’t want to keep going behind in games and having to come back but it shows you’ve got the character and mental side to do that.
"Listen, next year, Chelsea will be strong, Arsenal will be, Spurs will be, there will be a lot of teams that are strong. At the moment, well done, but there’s still a long way to go.”
