ROBIN VAN PERSIE has savaged “struggling” Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for telling his Manchester United’s flops they need their “heads sorting out”.
And the former United star has questioned whether the Norwegian has the capacity or ability to improve his stars’ brittle confidence.
The Red Devils are just two points off the drop zone, with the pressure mounting on Solskjaer after an awful run since he got the gig full time six months ago.
Despite spending over £150million in the summer, United look toothless up front and devoid of ideas and creativity, illustrated by yesterday’s dire 1-0 loss at struggling Newcastle.
Dutchman Van Persie told Optus Sport: “You can see here’s struggling there, if I’m really honest.
“And I get it if you’re manager of Manchester United during this period of time.”
The ex-Arsenal striker went on the attack after Solskjaer was interviewed following the loss at St James‘.
Solskjaer, whose side face Liverpool next, said: “It’s my responsibility. I need to sort their heads out.
“Young boys lacking confidence, they need some help from experienced players and staff.”
It begged the question: Why is he playing so many youngsters if that is the case?
Van Persie blasted: “So he’s searching for words, maybe he chose a few wrong ones there.
“Because as a player, what does that mean, ‘sorting the players’ heads out’, what does that mean?
“If you’re a player you’re a little bit like, ‘my head is fine’.
“Even though you can see the players are low in confidence, he needs to find a way to reconnect again and to get their confidence high.
“As a manager, when you’re team is low in confidence get them up, when your team is too high in confidence, when they are becoming a little bit too much, you have to get them back to the middle again.
“At the moment, based on this interview, and based on what I’ve seen in the game, I’m not sure if he really knows how to find the buttons there.”
Solskjaer is the favourite to get the sack in the Premier League.
Spurs chief Mauricio Pochettino is 3-1 favourite to replace him.
