Paul Merson: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must drop David de Gea in the Manchester derby

Manchester United suffered an enormous blow this week as they had been knocked out of the Champions League following their Three-2 defeat towards RB Leipzig.

It has been a turbulent week at Previous Trafford, with news off the pitch as soon as once more dominating the headlines.

Paul Pogba’s agent, Mino Raiola, dropped a massive bombshell earlier this week the place he claimed the midfielder received’t prolong his contract at Manchester United, additional hinting that his time on the membership is drawing in the direction of an finish.

Widespread soccer pundit Paul Merson has steered that United’s largest downside for the time being is just not Pogba however their supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

He wrote a column for the Daily Star criticising the United boss, the place he steered that Solskjaer has did not make huge choices on the membership.

Merson has criticised Solskjaer for failing to deal with the Pogba scenario correctly. The previous Arsenal participant feels that the Crimson Devils boss is just not ‘decisive’ sufficient, and that has been mirrored of their Champions League marketing campaign this season.

Former Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Mauricio Pochettino has been steadily linked with United, however Solskjaer has the whole help of the membership hierarchy.

Manchester United discover themselves seventh within the Premier League, a degree and a spot above Manchester Metropolis, forward of their derby conflict at Previous Trafford on Saturday.

It’s an enormous sport for the Crimson Devils, and they’d be seeking to return to successful methods after a disappointing exit in Europe.

Merson has steered that Solskjaer ought to drop first-choice United goalkeeper David de Gea, and begin with Dean Henderson as an alternative. The favored pundit has claimed that the Spaniard has ‘let him down’ this season, however he doubts whether or not Solskjaer has the braveness to drop him to the bench.

“The Manchester derby is an enormous sport for Solskjaer now. And he has to make an enormous determination and drop David De Gea,” wrote Merson. 

“De Gea has let him down. He must play Dean Henderson as an alternative. However will he? Can he make the massive choices? He didn’t need to take Fred off and have the confrontation. He doesn’t prefer it. Nevertheless it’s all too good.”

De Gea scenario 

Earlier this week, Manchester Evening News claimed that a lot of United gamers really feel Solskjaer should drop the Spanish goalkeeper for Henderson.

The 30-year-old shot-stopper is struggling together with his kind and obtained sturdy criticism from former gamers and pundits for his efficiency within the midweek fixture.

Henderson – who stored 13 clear sheets within the Premier League for Sheffield United final season – has struggled for normal video games up to now. Nevertheless, he began within the Three-1 win over West Ham final week, and plenty of really feel that he now deserves a run of video games.

De Gea is a world-class goalkeeper, and he retains the religion of his supervisor. The United boss will discover it actually onerous to drop him within the Manchester derby.