Manchester United legend Gary Neville has launched a scathing attack on four key players at his former club, despite their recent upturn in form under Ruben Amorim. The Red Devils have been enjoying a resurgence of late, extending their unbeaten run in the Premier League to four games with a 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday afternoon.

However, Neville remains unimpressed and has singled out Harry Maguire, Matthijs de Ligt, Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes for criticism. "I think your spine of a football team is critical," he declared on the Overlap and Betfair's Stick to Cricket show. "When I first came into Man United, our spine was (Peter) Schmeichel, (Steve) Bruce, (Gary) Pallister, (Roy) Keane and (Eric) Cantona and so we were all scattered around it.

"We literally were able to be cushioned by this unbelievably strong spine that delivered reliably every single week. I think Maguire and De Ligt should be doing a lot better than they are. You know, you look at the experience that those two have got.

"De Ligt's played a mountain of games at sort of different levels,...