Carlos Queiroz: Manchester United have been panic buying

Former Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz has criticized the transfer policy of Louis van Gaal and David Moyes, accusing both of Sir Alex Ferguson’s successors of ‘panic buying’.

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Queiroz worked as Ferguson’s assistant during two seperate spells at Old Trafford, in between one unsuccessful year as head coach of Real Madrid, and was regarded by the legendary manager as his best ever assistant.

Now a full-time manager with the Iraq national team, having previously coached the Portugal national team, Queiroz believes that United are lacking the star-power that they possessed during his time at the club and believes that’s because of panic buying by the current regime.

Speaking to The Guardian, Queiroz explained his feelings on the situation.

"“I have great admiration and respect for Louis van Gaal and David Moyes, they are great coaches that I admire but I think they made some critical and crucial mistakes in the transition from Alex.“It was not necessary to turn everything upside down with the coaching staff with people like Mike Phelan, people that know the insides of the club. I learned with people like Bobby Charlton and Alex this magnificent lesson that you must trust your own people. “There are no other people in a better position than your own people to know what to do. No other people could be better prepared to make the right decisions in terms of continuity … we need to see some leadership.“I hope and expect this season that Manchester United is able to not only compete, to win but to win in style because that is what Manchester United is about, winning with style and entertainment. More from Manchester United NewsAaron Wan Bissaka out for ‘several weeks’ with injurySofyan Amrabat set to miss game against BrightonPreview: Manchester United vs Brighton – What you need to knowJadon Sancho set to train away from first team squadMike Phelan blasts Manchester United teammates over Ronaldo exit“A club like Manchester, with its financial capabilities, the results must be there immediately. We also want to see the players shining. Great players like George Best, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Roy Keane, Ruud van Nistelrooy – where are they? Where are the stars of Manchester United?“It was always about creating players. Now it is the opposite. And even some of the players that arrived in the team like Radamel Falcao and Angel Di Maria were on the bench. “I saw Di Maria and some games, he looked like he has never played football. There is panic buying. You have to prepare and then make the decisions together. You can still make wrong decisions but we never made panic decisions when buying players.”"

While the Portuguese coach may have a point about the current squad, I feel he is missing the bigger picture.

Louis van Gaal has been forced to rip up the old squad and basically start from scratch. Evidence of this is the fact that of Sir Alex Ferguson’ title winning squad in his final campaign, only De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Jones, Carrick, Young and Rooney remain at the club.

While there have been a few instances of the club seeming to panic, with Anthony Martial’s £36m move the latest be have the spotlight shone on it, van Gaal has proven very methodical during his time at the club and seemingly has everything planned out, including these last minute deals.

What many people, Queiroz included, should realise is that this is not Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United anymore. It’s time people got used to that.

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