The Red Devils continued their poor start to the season as they extended their winless run to five matches with a goalless draw at Aston Villa.
Erik ten Hag’s side end the weekend in 14th place in the Premier League table with a goal difference of minus-three despite heavy recruitment over the summer.
Joshua Zirkzee, Matthijs De Ligt, Manuel Ugarte, Leny Yoro and Noussair Mazraoui all joined the club after a dismal campaign which saw United finish eighth last season.
However, Scholes believes the former two have not made impacts and heavily criticised Ten Hag and the club’s recruitment strategy, Mail Sport reports.
The former United midfielder also questioned the roles of Rasmus Hojlund and Lisandro Martinez, who were both signed by the Dutchman.
‘In forward areas especially, I just don’t think the quality is there. We go back to the most successful teams, they’re capable of scoring goals. What have we scored? Five goals in seven games,’ Scholes told SuperSport.
‘Now we had three or four forwards who could get you 20 goals so you’re looking at 80 goals a season there and I just don’t see that in the forward line at Manchester United. Look, Hojlund does alright but is he gonna score you 20 goals? I don’t think so.
‘Zirkzee… what is he? Is he a No.9 or a No.10? Is he going to get you 20 goals? I don’t think so. I think they’re relying more on hope than actual proven quality and they spent so much money as well.
‘It’s a ridiculous amount of money and some of them can’t get in the team! You think of Ugarte coming into the club who was supposed to change the way the midfield was… he didn’t play him.
‘De Ligt, £50m and he didn’t play him. Jonny Evans has come in at 36 years old instead of him. Martinez, Ten Hag brought him into the club. What’s he thinking today? Jonny Evans is playing, Maguire started, [Victor] Lindelof comes on before him. It’s just a recruitment mess really.’
Scholes also accused United of using ‘survival tactics’ instead of going out to win at Villa Park.
He added: ‘When you don’t have a style of play and you don’t know how to play, or the way you want to play, it’s very difficult to choose players. With Liverpool it was quite simple to buy, you know what you’ve got to do. They play 4-3-3 and you can recruit for that.
Spark News Daily reports that Dimitar Berbatov had slammed the Red Devil’s players after Jonny Evans picked up the man of the match in their goalless encounter with Aston Villa on Sunday.
