Paul Ince lashes out at four major Man Utd players

Former midfielder Paul Ince has lashed out at four Manchester United players ahead of the start of the new Premier League season.

There has been plenty of talk of how brittle United’s defence was last season, but Ince has called for massive improvements from the forward line too.

And he picked out Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard and Alexis Sanchez in particular.

Ince told BBC Radio 5 Live: “You’ve got Marcus Rashford who scored 11 goals last year and gets a new contract…

“Jesse Lingard was diabolical last year, he really, really was. Then there’s Alexis Sanchez. They got nothing out of Sanchez whatsoever.

“So as much as we’re talking about the defence and Chris Smalling and Harry Maguire, surely we’ve got to be looking at who’s going to be playing up top.

“We need to be looking at that because attacking-wise they’re not great.

“Martial? He’s a fizzy drink. He pops now and then. One moment he’s great, one moment he’s not.”

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