Manchester United’s managers come and go, but one of the main causes for the club’s downturn has been recruitment.

From Louis van Gaal to Erik ten Hag, few players signed after Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement can claim success at Manchester United.

When it comes to today’s players, Ian Wright questions the club’s decision to sign Antony, Sofyan Amrabat, and Mason Mount.

The great striker explained how these additions haven’t succeeded and raised the question of ‘who is making these decisions?’ in an interview with Premier League Productions.

This comes after Manchester United’s derby day defeat at the Etihad Stadium, where Mason Mount remains injured and the other two come off the bench.

Sofyan Amrabat is on loan until the end of the season, thus he will return to Fiorentina in the summer.

The defensive-minded midfielder is a good illustration of never bringing in someone off the back of the World Cup, as youngster Kobbie Mainoo is currently outperforming him.

In any case, Ian Wright discussed Manchester United’s recruiting under Erik ten Hag, which included the heavily panned Antony, the injury-prone Mason Mount, and loan signing Sofyan Amrabat.

Manchester United’s transfers

“You have to look at, is this the manager to take them to the next level?” ‘ Wright said.

“If you look at it now, I’m still not sure what their main framework of play is. You can’t purchase players like Antony, and it won’t work. Amrabat arrives and it does not work. Why did you purchase Mason Mount?

“So, you look at the guys they’ve bought, just those three, and you wonder, ‘Who is making those decisions?’ Of course, such incidents do not occur at Manchester City. “They have an incredible management team.”

Trust in Erik ten Hag

The important issue here is that the powers at Manchester United either support the manager or fire him as quickly as possible.

There is no point in going into the summer and fully supporting ten Hag, just to fire him after ten matches the next season.

But the former Ajax manager can’t worry about it right now because his team is 11 points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa in the table and has a small matter to face Liverpool in the FA Cup.

You can imagine that a lot will be riding on that game, not just because of who it is against, but also because a trophy could be the only thing that keeps ten Hag from being executed.