Gary Neville thinks Fred and Andreas Pereira wouldn’t be deemed good enough for a mid-table club “let alone” Manchester United.

The Red Devils were lucky to draw 3-3 against Sheffield United on Sunday after Chris Wilder’s men dominated the match for 70 minutes.

That result means Man Utd have now dropped to ninth in the table, nine points off Chelsea, who occupy fourth position.

And Neville thinks Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will have to be “selfish” and bring in some experienced players rather than youth in the January transfer window.

“Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has to go and spend the club’s money in January for himself. He has to go and spend the club’s money on two or three experienced players – he must demand it!” Neville said on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football.

“Those young lads, he’s not gonna be there to see the fruits of the labour that he’s putting in, the foundations that he’s laying because there’s a lot of good young players out on that pitch.

“But unless they get the players in and around them quickly, they’ll not see the standard and they won’t have the maturity.

“It was the most predictable thing in the world… Pochettino gets sacked in the week [and he’s linked with United]

“I personally, two and a half years ago when Louis van Gaal was sacked, said I thought Pochettino should be appointed before Jose Mourinho so I can’t sit here now and say he wouldn’t be the right person for the football club.

“But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s been appointed eight months ago, the club have taken a different track. I like a lot of those young players but Ole’s gonna have to be selfish.

“He’s gonna have to have that ruthless streak that a Mourinho or Conte has and spend the club’s money to protect himself in the January window. Put two or three experienced players in amongst that group and they could come alive.”

On their draw against Sheffield United on Sunday, Neville picked out both Fred and Pereira as two players not good enough to continue in Man Utd’s side.

“I think, defensively, the system didnt work in terms of the back-five in the first half. The other team looked like they knew how to play it and one team didn’t,” Neville added.

“The midfield I’m not going to go into because that’s not a midfield. Fred and Pereira is not a midfield for a mid-table club, let alone one of the top spending clubs in Europe.

“They have got injury problems and other issues in midfield.

“What disappointed me most was the lack of penetration, runs with and without the ball from the front three. I just felt they could have done a lot more for the team.”