Graeme Souness brands all bar two Man Utd players 'average' in brutal assertion

Man Utd will not finish in the Premier League top four this term, says Graeme Souness (Picture: Getty)

Graeme Souness believes Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo are the only players in Manchester United ’s squad who are not ‘average’.

The Red Devils signed both attacking stars in the most recent summer transfer window from Wolves and Brentford respectively.

Ruben Amorim was keen to bring in players with Premier League experience with United paying £62.5m to recruit Cunha.

Mbeumo, meanwhile, arrived at Old Trafford in a deal worth £71m and has so far registered seven goals and an assist across 17 games for United.

But Liverpool legend and football pundit Souness does not rate any other players in United’s squad, such as Bruno Fernandes or Senne Lammens, and feels Amorim’s side will fail to finish in the top four this term.

Quizzed about United, who are sixth in the top-flight table after 16 games and two points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, Souness told Sky Bet : ‘[Manchester United] are still average.

‘Is it Ruben Amorim’s fault? Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo are good players, but the rest of them are an average lot.

Man Utd signed Matheus Cunha from Wolves in the summer (Picture: Getty)

‘I don’t see them getting to the top four, which they have to do.

‘Manchester United [are the] biggest club in [English] football, maybe the second, third biggest club in world football.

‘But right now, they’re going through a difficult period. They need to get back into the Champions League for the obvious reasons – to generate more finance, to buy even better players, and to be attractive to the genuine big players that are out there that are up for grabs.

Bryan Mbeumo arrived at Old Trafford in a deal worth £71m (Picture: Getty)

‘What Ruben Amorim’s got with that group of players is he doesn’t know what he’s going to get from them.

‘He doesn’t know what Manchester United he’s going to get, and that’s not a good place to be.

‘You’re sitting there with a wing and a prayer, “what are we going to get today? I hope everyone’s on it today”.

‘You can sit in your dressing room as a coach or manager and look at them before the game.

‘You think, “they’re all on it today, we’re going to have a good day today” – and they go out and they’re not on it.

‘Or it can be the other way around. You’re thinking in the dressing room at 2.50pm, “look at them, they’re quiet” – and they go out and they’re on fire.