Amorim has to axe Reds' flops

THE saying goes that Rome wasn't built in a day - and Ruben Amorim faces one heck of a challenge when it comes to rebuilding Manchester United into the footballing empire it once was.

- JEREMY CROSS

He has too much dead wood to deal with, and will have to make significant changes in the coming transfer windows.

The likes of Luke Shaw, Victor Lindelof, Joshua Zirkzee, Casemiro and Christian Eriksen are either too old or not good enough to fit into his future plans.

In fact, current evidence suggests the only players capable of still having a long-term future at Old Trafford seem to be Amad Diallo (right), Bruno Fernandes, Lisandro Martinez, and Snap Alejandro Garnacho. Amorim needs some world-class midfielders and a proven striker.

And the task in hand has to start in next month's transfer window.

MIKE WALTERS RIP it up and start again. Of the shower Amorim inherited, nobody deserves to be safe.

Manchester United are 13th in the Premier League, with a negative goal difference, almost halfway through the season because they have a mediocre squad and there are few players Amorim can trust.