Paul Scholes doesn't believe Thiago Alcantara can be a success at Liverpool because he hasn't got the legs for Jurgen Klopp's system.
The Reds signed Thiago in the summer from Bayern Munich, and the Spaniard was expected to take Jurgen Klopp's side to the next level.
But Liverpool have regressed this season, with injuries playing a huge part in the Reds dropping points and falling out of the title race.
Thiago hasn't made the impact he was expected to make, and Scholes believes it's because he is the wrong player for Klopp's heavy metal system.
"The way Liverpool play with the three in midfield, I don't think he has great legs about him, so that central role would suit him down to the ground," Scholes told Premier League Productions.
"Once you are in a wider position in the three, it's very difficult to get around the pitch because he's not that type of player. He's not someone who is going to be running out to a left-back. It's just not his game.
"He just needs to be sat in the middle. Controlling things, bringing players into play and that's what he's good at – I just wonder if this way of playing that Liverpool play is suited to his style of football.
"He doesn't seem a Jurgen Klopp type player, does he? You think of the midfield players he has got and the forward players. Everything is 100 miles per hour.
"I thought he would have been more suited to a Manchester United team. In a two in midfield with a holding player, really good strong defensive player, where he can sit and control games.
"Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool, I don't see them controlling games. I see them going for the throat in teams. He hasn't got that energy to really overpower midfield players."
