Paul Scholes has labelled Manchester United a "poisonous" environment and hit out at the club's decision to appoint Ralf Rangnick on an interim basis.
The Red Devils legend has taken aim a number of aspects which make United a "mess" right now, laying bare his true feelings about the current situation at Old Trafford whilst appearing on the Webby and O’Neill YouTube channel.
"The club just feels like it's in a mess, player, staff and manager-wise," Scholes, who made almost 500 appearances under Sir Alex Ferguson between 1993 and 2013, began.
"Who wants to come into this club? It feels like a right mess; it does feel poisonous."
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Rangnick, in charge until the end of the season, is reportedly dealing with a host behind-the-scenes issues and struggling to imprint his philosophy on the fractious dressing room.
The former midfielder added: "It has to come a point where you think, 'are these players good enough?'
"We know [Cristiano] Ronaldo, [Paul] Pogba, [Raphael] Varane, [Nemanja] Matic have great experience and won trophies but the rest of the squad haven't proven themselves to be good enough to win anything.
"Some of these players have had a lot of games now. Marcus Rashford, he's had a lot of games - are we ever going to see these lads reach their potential?
"Are they ever going to be good enough to win trophies? [Harry] Maguire, is he good enough? [Victor] Lindelof, is he good enough?
"We keep saying how good they are but they are failing to produce what is required on the pitch."
Scholes then criticised Rangnick's temporary appointment following the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in November, claiming the club "missed a trick" by allowing Antonio Conte to join Tottenham Hotspur.
"We have gone to a man well regarded across Europe especially by managers who speak highly of him like [Jurgen] Klopp and [Thomas] Tuchel. But he’s not had much success as a coach," the 47-year-old explained.
"He won promotion in Germany and a bit with Schalke but he has been asked to come and manage the biggest club in the world, it is something I just cannot get my head round.
"They should have the best available out there as their manager and they haven’t got that and I find that astonishing.
"We should have one of the top five managers in the world. Now Tuchel, [Pep] Guardiola and Klopp are the top three but they are unavailable, there is no chance of getting them. But then you look at Antonio Conte."
The Spurs manager was linked with the Red Devils during Solskjaer's final weeks in the dugout, with Tottenham snapping him up shortly before the Norwegian was dismissed.
Ex-teammate Gary Neville was vocally against going for Conte, but Scholes disagrees.
"Some people say he was not suited to United but you have seen what he is doing at Tottenham with a squad that is nowhere near as good as United's," the 11-time Premier League champion stated.
"He will probably challenge for the top four and United missed a trick with him. They could probably still get him from Tottenham. Tottenham fans probably won't like me for saying that.
"You can see he is already getting frustrated with his squad of players and is asking for other stuff. Conte could do something special here, he has got the pedigree to do it. Will we be able to get him? I don't know."
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Meanwhile, former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino, now of Paris Saint-Germain, is a candidate for the permanent post when Rangnick heads upstairs to a consultancy role in May and Scholes would also be pleased if the Argentine was brought in.
"Pochettino is a brilliant manager," he affirmed. "I like what he did at Southampton and Tottenham. This season he has to prove he's an elite manager.
"He still has something to prove for me but is more than capable of doing it."
