Newcastle United trigger ‘desperate’ Gary Neville meltdown live on Sky Sports

Newcastle United put the Red Devils to the sword in comfortable fashion, with a second-half onslaught doing the damage. The Magpies - without Eddie Howe on the touchline due to illness - now sit fourth in the Premier League.

They recorded a first league double over Man United since the 1930-31 season and plunged more misery on Ruben Amorim and Co. A startling 14 league defeats - with just 10 wins - is an indictment of how far the mighty have fallen.

Newcastle are a club on an upward trajectory while serious questions begin being asked about Man United’s future. Club legend Neville ripped into the current Red Devils crop after their capitulation on Tyneside.

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"I said at the start of the game that if Newcastle play well, Man United will get beat," he said. "They are not a very good team, it's as simple as that. The biggest worry is that there have been teams in the last five, six, seven years at Man Utd where you've thought they were very talented players, but they aren't giving it their all.

"The problem with this group of players is they are giving it their all. There isn't a lack of effort. They are so below the standard and quality you need at that football club, all over the pitch.

"Apart from Bruno Fernandes, Amad Diallo maybe, I can't think of any of them that I'd hang my hat on. It's a really desperate situation because the squad is so poor in quality. They've got old players and they've got young players who are nowhere near it. It's a worrying situation."

Neville also ripped into the club’s recruitment - a challenge for Man United this summer due to PSR constraints. Ironically, minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe poached sporting director Dan Ashworth from Newcastle before axing him 159 days later.

A staggering £1.5billion spend on transfers since Sir Alex Ferguson retired has resulted in a squad where few players - if any - would make Newcastle’s starting line-up. Neville added "Who are these two players he plays behind the striker? They need a centre-forward who is going to carry the line. 

“Who is that player that is available who is going to go to Man Utd because there are seven or eight teams at the top of the league who need a striker too? You aren't going to Man United over Liverpool, Chelsea or Arsenal, who also need strikers. These are massive issues. 

“Honestly, you don't know where to start, you don't know where to build the first step from, and that's the problem at the moment. There's a serious amount of time required and good recruitment for that club to get right."

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