MANCHESTER UNITED legend Peter Schmeichel “would absolutely love” a a decision-making role at the club.
Schmeichel, 61, is considered by many as United’s greatest ever goalkeeper having won five Premier League titles as well as three FA Cups and playing a major role in the historic 1999 Treble triumph.
Man Utd have been far off the great Dane’s glory years ever since iconic manager Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 and the former keeper didn’t pull any punches when discussing the state of the club.
Schmeichel criticised the Red Devils’ decision to offload compatriot Rasmus Hojlund on loan to Napoli, where he shines bright, and replace him with Benjamin Sesko for whom they splashed £74million..
The Denmark legend also criticised United’s decision-making regarding the goalkeeping situation which saw them making a last-gasp move for Senne Lammens after deciding to move Andre Onana on deadline day.
Schmeichel told BBC’s Sacked In The Morning podcast: “You now have a head coach.
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“Then you get a director of football or technical director. You have a head of recruitment, who is very powerful. The CEO is powerful. You have people deciding on who is coming in.
“The signing of Sesko was a bit weird to me. We had Hojlund, starved of service for two years.
“You only need to see what he is doing now at Napoli with [Kevin] De Bruyne and [Scott] McTominay to play with.
“I have consistently said Hojlund will be a 25-goal-a-season striker, but he needs service.
“At the time, we brought [Matheus] Cunha and [Bryan] Mbeumo in – players who would give Hojlund first-class service.
“We spent £70m or so on Sesko [but] we don’t have that number six we should have.
“Then there’s the goalkeeper situation as well. This season alone, we have conceded nine goals from goalkeeping errors. That is too much.
“When I played, or Edwin van der Sar, or David de Gea, the brief was to win 10 points a season.
“When I played, the manager was in charge. He said: ‘Him in, him out.’ Now it is different people with different agendas.
“How can you create an environment stable enough to have a team that can go on the pitch and win every year?”
Schmeichel is adamant United need to find a way to make wiser decisions instead of just splashing money on the world’s best players.
Asked if he would accept a senior role behind the scenes that would help build the squad based on its needs, Schmeichel said: “I would love that. I would absolutely love that.”
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