Manchester United legend Gary Neville has branded his former club's new signings Casemiro and Antony 'panic buys'.
The Red Devils spent almost £150million on the two Brazilians, with their summer spend well in excess of £200million as the Glazer family once again looked to try and turn the club's fortunes around after a disastrous last few years.
Speaking on The Overlap via Manchester Evening News, the former full-back criticised the owners, accusing them of spending more than they intended 'to try and appease the fans'.
'Manchester United wanted to spend about £130m-£140m, they ended up spending £230m,' Neville said.
'Obviously we've seen it before with the Glazer family – loads of trouble, protests building, invest the money to try and appease the fans and basically panic-buy.'
United started the season in poor form under new manager Erik ten Hag but bounced back to win their next four league games and move from the bottom of the Premier League table up to fifth.
They'll have their eye on a return to the Champions League, but Neville claimed the club had to change their summer spending strategy.
'The Casemiro and Antony bids came in two days before the Liverpool game, which was obviously a moment where they just needed to get players in.
'It wasn't the strategy at the start of the summer to spend the money they've spent.'
United were due to face Crystal Palace in the Premier League this weekend but the game has been postponed following the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
Holuwhapamilerin
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MEANWHILE AJAX and REAL MADRID have switched off there phones after selling the photocopy of ANTHONY and CASEMEIRO for MANCHESTER UNITED
jesalam14
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❌ Pochetino Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Thomas Tuchel Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Bayern rejected Ronaldo and their currently 3rd in the league ❌ Juventus rejected Ronaldo and they've won only 2 matches currently representing Ronaldo's number 7th in the league ❌ Athletico Madrid rejected Ronaldo and are currently 8th in the league ✅ Ronaldo rejected a Saudi team and their Currently 1st in the league with increased fan base in less than 2 months 🚨Moral Lesson: Never Reject Ronaldo, always allow Ronaldo to reject you😂✊ 🎮Marsial🎮
josephssebunya
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This man talks a lot these days, he thinks he has a lot of knowledge yet he failed to implement them at Valencia. He is probably more of a donkey than Carragher
vocaemnstz
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MEANWHILE AJAX and REAL MADRID have switched off there phones after selling the photocopy of ANTHONY and CASEMEIRO for MANCHESTER UNITED
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And Inter has dropped their phone in water accidentally laughing at the Lukaku business 😜
Beautifulboy
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❌ Pochetino Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Thomas Tuchel Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Bayern rejected Ronaldo and their currently 3rd in the league ❌ Juventus rejected Ronaldo and they've won only 2 matches currently representing Ronaldo's number 7th in the league ❌ Athletico Madrid rejected Ronaldo and are currently 8th in the league ✅ Ronaldo rejected a Saudi team and their Currently 1st in the league with increased fan base in less than 2 months 🚨Moral Lesson: Never Reject Ronaldo, always allow Ronaldo to reject you😂✊ 🎮Marsial🎮
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Man U benched Ronaldo and they are winning. Man U play Ronaldo and they are losing. Moral Lesson: Currently, never play Ronaldo if you wanna win games.[Crylaugh]
liubilmnrz
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❌ Pochetino Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Thomas Tuchel Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Bayern rejected Ronaldo and their currently 3rd in the league ❌ Juventus rejected Ronaldo and they've won only 2 matches currently representing Ronaldo's number 7th in the league ❌ Athletico Madrid rejected Ronaldo and are currently 8th in the league ✅ Ronaldo rejected a Saudi team and their Currently 1st in the league with increased fan base in less than 2 months 🚨Moral Lesson: Never Reject Ronaldo, always allow Ronaldo to reject you😂✊ 🎮Marsial🎮
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mancity rejected Ronaldo and they are ,??
Dodbdktz
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❌ Pochetino Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Thomas Tuchel Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Bayern rejected Ronaldo and their currently 3rd in the league ❌ Juventus rejected Ronaldo and they've won only 2 matches currently representing Ronaldo's number 7th in the league ❌ Athletico Madrid rejected Ronaldo and are currently 8th in the league ✅ Ronaldo rejected a Saudi team and their Currently 1st in the league with increased fan base in less than 2 months 🚨Moral Lesson: Never Reject Ronaldo, always allow Ronaldo to reject you😂✊ 🎮Marsial🎮
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Let me help you continue . ... And barca rejected Ronaldo
DavidDaevchinyama
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❌ Pochetino Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Thomas Tuchel Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Bayern rejected Ronaldo and their currently 3rd in the league ❌ Juventus rejected Ronaldo and they've won only 2 matches currently representing Ronaldo's number 7th in the league ❌ Athletico Madrid rejected Ronaldo and are currently 8th in the league ✅ Ronaldo rejected a Saudi team and their Currently 1st in the league with increased fan base in less than 2 months 🚨Moral Lesson: Never Reject Ronaldo, always allow Ronaldo to reject you😂✊ 🎮Marsial🎮
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The funny part is all those teams that rejected him are doing way better than man utd where he's currently at
Oleagbo
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❌ Pochetino Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Thomas Tuchel Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Bayern rejected Ronaldo and their currently 3rd in the league ❌ Juventus rejected Ronaldo and they've won only 2 matches currently representing Ronaldo's number 7th in the league ❌ Athletico Madrid rejected Ronaldo and are currently 8th in the league ✅ Ronaldo rejected a Saudi team and their Currently 1st in the league with increased fan base in less than 2 months 🚨Moral Lesson: Never Reject Ronaldo, always allow Ronaldo to reject you😂✊ 🎮Marsial🎮
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at the end Bayern Munich win the league and Ronaldo will still be warming bench😀😃😃😄😂
Jeoabelru
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❌ Pochetino Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Thomas Tuchel Rejected Ronaldo and he was sacked ❌ Bayern rejected Ronaldo and their currently 3rd in the league ❌ Juventus rejected Ronaldo and they've won only 2 matches currently representing Ronaldo's number 7th in the league ❌ Athletico Madrid rejected Ronaldo and are currently 8th in the league ✅ Ronaldo rejected a Saudi team and their Currently 1st in the league with increased fan base in less than 2 months 🚨Moral Lesson: Never Reject Ronaldo, always allow Ronaldo to reject you😂✊ 🎮Marsial🎮
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Real Madrid reject ronaldo they won the champions league, Barcelona turn down ronaldo rumor they have a good start to the season, Ronaldo os nothing but a bench warmer.