Paul Scholes roasts Jose Mourinho signing after Manchester United lose to Tottenham

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Paul Scholes was left frustrated after ten-man Manchester United suffered yet another humiliating defeat at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Erik ten Hag’s side went into the match against Tottenham hoping to make their first real marker of the new Premier League season.

Liverpool beat Manchester United at the start of the month and it was an early sign of what was to come again.

Not only for ten Hag in the dugout, but for Manchester United as a whole, it’s a case of rinse, repeat, rinse and repeat.

How many managers, post-Sir Alex Ferguson, have been in this situation? Manchester United face Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce in October in the Europa League and you sense nothing has changed since he was in the dugout.

You even question if ten Hag will still be the manager by October 24 because there is still a long time to go and the pressure is mounting.

Tottenham outclassed Manchester United from start to finish, with Scholes, understandably, annoyed by it all and it was clear before Bruno Fernandes’ red card what was happening.

The backline took a hammering and Scholes aimed parting shots at Diogo Dalot – a man signed in 2018 for £19 million when Mourinho was in charge.

Scholes claimed that Dalot was ‘horrendous’ and his first half display was ‘as bad as I have seen him’, as he told Premier League Productions (29/09/24 at 5:30 pm).

Diogo Dalot slammed as Manchester United lose to Tottenham

“What is De Ligt doing there,” questioned Scholes. “He has to take everything. If he can’t get to the ball, then he can’t afford for the play to go on. He does and gets away with it.

“How many times have we seen people go through the legs? Close your legs. Dalot has been horrendous in that first half as bad as I have seen him. He is lucky to still be on the pitch, to be honest with you.

Then post-match, Scholes added: “Dalot today, not just today, I have seen it a load of times, he ends up in the most incredible places on a football pitch as a fullback. I don’t know what all this fashion is all about your fullbacks going into central midfield. He goes all over the place.”

Will Manchester United sack Erik ten Hag?

There was a lot of noise around ten Hag’s future in the summer and you sense that will now just grow in these coming weeks.

Manchester United face Porto in the Europa League on Thursday night and then travel to the Midlands to take on Unai Emery’s Aston Villa.

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You sense if those two end up in defeats, then there is every chance that ten Hag could be booted out during the international break.

The issue for the Dutchman is that it’s night and day between Manchester United and the teams they are supposed to be competing against near the top of the Premier League.