Paul Scholes names Manchester United interim manager candidate for the rest of the season

Paul Scholes has described current Manchester United assistant Steve McClaren as “the best manager we’ve ever had” as the former United midfielder laid the blame for the club’s current struggles squarely at Erik ten’s door The Hague.

Scholes believes McClaren has “made no impression on this team” as a manager, but said the former Derby, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle manager should take the reins until the end of the season.

Joined by fellow former United player Michael Owen on pundit duty for United’s 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace, Scholes suggested McClaren as the ideal candidate to become United’s caretaker manager as both he and and Owen demanded Ten Hag’s resignation.

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“There’s no way his fingerprints are anywhere near that team. No way. He’s a brilliant, brilliant coach,” Scholes said of McClaren. “And that team is not coached at all.”

The former United and England star recalled when he played under McClaren, who was Sir Alex Ferguson’s No.2 at Old Trafford between 1999 and 2001.

He said: “Everyone thinks we were a great team who attacked everyone. But sometimes we were playing against better teams and Steve McClaren ran sessions (training) to make sure you stopped other teams, getting the right distances, the right angles, especially in the middle of the center and all over the midfield.

“He has no impression of that team. The manager must not let him touch that team.”

Owen had previously launched into a long rant about why Ten Hag needed to be fired.

The former Liverpool striker said: “I’ve been saying it for a long time. I’ve been sitting here for a while and I’ve been saying that Ten Hag is not the right man for the job. I’ve been saying it for ages and ages, I just don’t can he lead the team next season i almost wonder now..they have a cup final and some important games which could mean european football or not at some point i have to make a decision.

“They will be absolutely hammered by Manchester City, they will be annihilated. In fact, Arsenal will tear them to pieces at Old Trafford, Newcastle will probably beat them and I wouldn’t like them to go to Brighton either. They might as well he gets nothing out of the rest of the season if he plays like that.”