Manchester United recruitment team should be ‘sacked’ over £50m transfer, says Jamie Redknapp

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Former England midfielder Jamie Redknapp (Picture: Getty) Jamie Redknapp says Andrey Santos is ‘not a Manchester United player’ and claims whoever was responsible for his signing…

Jamie Redknapp says Andrey Santos is ‘not a Manchester United player’ and claims whoever was responsible for his signing ‘deserves the sack’.

Desperate for midfield reinforcements over the summer, United spent £50m to sign Brazil international Santos from Premier League rivals Chelsea.

Manchester United made midfield targets their priority after Casemiro left Old Trafford and Manuel Ugarte suffered a serious injury at the World Cup.

Carlos Baleba and Youri Tielemans joined Michael Carrick’s squad on top of Santos but all three midfielders have made inauspicious starts to their United careers.

Santos has earned just seven starts for a Manchester United team sitting in the relegation zone heading into the international break.

Redknapp doubts the 22-year-old Brazilian is at the level required to play for United and says bringing him to the club was a ‘sackable offence’ by those in charge at Old Trafford.

‘Can I throw one player at you? And this is no disrespect to the boy, because he’s not a bad player, but whoever brought in Andrey Santos, that for me is a sackable offence,’ Redknapp said on The Overlap Daily, sponsored by Sky Vegas.

‘He is not a Manchester United player. He’s a decent player, he’s okay. But they brought [Youri] Tielemans in just after it.

‘What makes them think, “Okay, I’m going to get two midfield players”, when I’ve got [Kobbie] Mainoo there – three very similar players that haven’t got any athleticism to get round the pitch?’

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