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Fred admits that Manchester United have a 'lot of problems' to address this season.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have struggled for consistency in the Premier League this season and currently find themselves six points behind Chelsea in the race for fourth-place.

United reinforced their side with the arrivals of Bruno Fernandes and Odion Ighalo last month and Fred acknowledges that a previous lack of creativity has cost them so far this season.

However, the Brazilian believes that a lack of squad unity is also a big contribution to their failures this season and that an extra sense of camaraderie could help them.

"We are lacking a lot right now, first of all we need to figure out things on the pitch, we are lacking creativity, especially in midfield," Fred told De Sola.

"We also need to improve as a group, our group lacks the ‘sticking together mentality’, we have lots of problems.

"There are a lot of discussions, every group has this sort of problem, but ours has this.

"Vanity is also an issue and we need to stop this and just run on the pitch.

"We need to stick a goal inside our minds, focus on it and go forward.

"We need to be on the same page and today some players have different objectives, there are players that just want to solve problems alone and this is wrong."