Former Manchester United star Phil Neville has fired a brutal warning to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ahead of his summer rebuild.
Neville, currently preparing to lead England into the Women's World Cup, says local rivals Manchester City are "miles better" than the Red Devils heading into next season.
And he has warned former team-mate Solskjaer it could take them "a long time" to close the gap as they prepare for a huge summer in the transfer market.
Neville helped the club reach dizzy heights as part of the famed Class of 92 but they have slid down the Premier League table and are relying on Solskjaer and his staff to halt the decline.
Speaking to The Offside Rule Exclusives , Neville said: "Over the last five years, you've seen a team that's gone away from the vision and philosophy of what the club is all about.
"When you look at City, Liverpool and Tottenham , their club's foundations are really strong - and you'd say United's are from a financial point of view. But stability on the field?
"If you look at those teams [City, Liverpool, Spurs], they have a system and a style of play and a tried and trusted method, whereas United seem to be going left and right from manager to manager.
"They need to get back to what United do best, which is playing a certain brand of football which hasn't just been synonymous with Sir Alex Ferguson, it's from the year dot, Sir Matt [Busby], Ron Atkinson...
"You hope with Ole, Mick Phelan, Michael Carrick and Nicky Butt [in the Academy] that United will start getting back to the foundations.
"I think it will take a long time - it's not a quick fix - but hopefully with those guys in charge and the financial muscle United have still got, they can get back challenging soon because it's difficult watching Man City win everything.
"It's difficult because you think they're miles better than United at this moment in time."
