Dwight Yorke slams Man Utd's transfer business after splashing £600m to 'target fourth'
The Red Devils splashed the cash again, but United legend Dwight Yorke believes the players are not capable of mounting a title tilt
Dwight Yorke has slammed Manchester United's transfer business under Erik ten Hag and accused them of signing duds.
United have failed to challenge for the Premier League title since Ten Hag took charge in 2022, despite spending more than £600m on new signings. And in a scathing assessment of his former club, Yorke raged at the recruitment and the club's lack of ambition.
Talking to Prime Casino, Yorke said: "£600 million is a lot of money, but we've seen the players, and I think we're just buying the players to help us finish fourth. I don't think we're buying players to win the league.
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"You've got to walk before you can run, but United are so far gone that the players they're bringing in are not even starters for their national sides. We're not playing to win the league, that's gone out of our head.
"Investing in that type of player, you're likely to finish fourth. There's no aspiration at the club, because I haven't heard United say in the last few years that they are aiming to win the league.
"If you're not sending out that message, how would I think we're going to win? When the top four is all I hear coming out of the club, as a player, that's what I'm thinking is the target."
Yorke wants United to sign players with hunger and desire, and he added: "You want hungry players to come in at United and take the club forward. These current signings, we don't know them until they actually come to the club.
"They (United) say, 'Yeah, he played in the Dutch league, or Bologna,' and I'm not saying they're bad players, but are they United players?
"They've got away from bringing in players the traditional way. The manager's job should be to sign players that actually improve your team, and to improve the players."