Gary Neville names fives players 'not good enough' for Man Utd | OneFootball

Gary Neville has insisted Manchester United need at least five signings this summer to build a squad better suited to Ruben Amorim's style of play.

The Red Devils legend was one of many left feeling underwhelmed by United's 0-0 draw with Manchester City on Sunday, which Amorim suggested suffered from a lack of high stakes.

Speaking on Sky Sports' post-match coverage of the game, Neville softened his stance somewhat and supported Amorim's switch to a negative style of play, admitting the manager simply does not have the players needed to make his favoured 3-4-3 setup work.

"From a United perspective, I get why he's gone back into a low block," Neville began. "But that's what we've seen from Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Erik ten Hag. They've all come in with the intention of playing high-press, high-energy football, but all end up going back to a low block in big games.

"I do understand why Ruben Amorim's done that today, with the players he's got, because he hasn't got the players to adapt. They need five new players straight away before you even think about the rest of it.

"The three up front are not good enough and the two wing-backs, they're not good enough. They need five players. They need to serve him with five players who are good enough in this system to be able to play his system the way he wants."

Hojlund and Garnacho both came under fire / Carl Recine/GettyImages

Striker Rasmus Hojlund managed just 15 touches before being hooked after 70 minutes, while winger Alejandro Garnacho also struggled. Bruno Fernandes started alongside the pair in attack and, while impressive individually, appears better suited to a deeper role in the side.

At wing-back, January signing Patrick Dorgu was recruited specifically for Amorim's system but has had a mixed start to life at Old Trafford, while plans are already being put in place to upgrade on Diogo Dalot on the right side of defence.

Ahead of the game, Amorim acknowledged his desire to sign one or two "big players" to help get his squad trending in the right direction again.

"When I say 'big players' I'm not saying from Real Madrid, it's big players in the way I see the game," the United boss explained.