Paul Scholes has questioned Manchester United’s signing of Netherlands international Joshua Zirkzee.
Scholes believes recruitment is very difficult with Erik ten Hag as manager, as his style of play is a mystery, or non-existent.
“The manager makes recruitment difficult because we don’t know how they want to play,” Scholes told Mail Sport. “Recruiting players for a style of play you know nothing about becomes virtually impossible.
“They had Hojlund – a very young centre forward who has been injured. It could take another 12 months to get the best out of him. There was good potential last year.
“[Joshua] Zirkzee came from nowhere – not many people had seen him or heard of him when other strikers were available.
“The numbers that were quoted to most teams for Ivan Toney were ridiculous which is probably why he didn’t go to Chelsea or Arsenal and ended up in Saudi Arabia.
“The big ones are a couple of years ago when you could have signed Harry Kane or Declan Rice. They might have cost £100million each but you know their qualities and character, their belief in the dressing room and on the football pitch, would have been better than going and spending £200million on four or five players that you’re not quite sure about.
“I’m not sure what market United are in anymore. They’re still the biggest club in the world and people will want to sign for them, but not as much as they would have wanted to in a time gone by.”
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