Paul Scholes has continued his brutal assessment of the defensive approach adopted by Manchester United – with him pointing the finger at Bastian Schweinsteiger and Louis van Gaal for the problems.
United are near the top of the Premier League but criticism continues to follow the side about over their style.
The club’s former midfielder has been most vocal after saying he would not like to play in such a side leading to the Dutch boss shrugging off the comments after pointing out his side have been winning.
Scholes suggested that Van Gaal’s priorities clearly lie with the defence rather than attack with many Red Devils fans agreeing with him after urging for the side to attack in recent games.
Schweinsteiger, who featured under Van Gaal when he was at Bayern, has unsurprisingly thrown his support behind his manager.
And Scholes says the approach of Van Gaal that is carried out by the German World Cup winner is holding the side back.
“You expect more from Schweinsteiger, a player who’s won the World Cup and the Champions League,” the Mirror quote him as saying.
“The biggest art as a midfield player is to find space, not in your back four or left-back position, in the centre of the park where it’s most congested, and contribute to your forward players.
“There are too many passes before getting into the final third, which is why the forwards like Wayne Rooney have struggled. They don’t get the service.
“The two central midfielders play 10 yards behind the centre-halves and play easy passes. I don’t mind that, getting a bit of space if you’re going to play it forward or hit a long pass, but he takes too many touches and he’s constantly coming back inside.
“Schweinsteiger claps a backpass to the goalkeeper and he plays every week, so the manager must be happy with the way they play.”
