Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler sides with the Manchester United board in their transfer row with manager Jose Mourinho.

Fowler wrote for the Mirror: "I've been around the game long enough to understand what's going on at Old Trafford.

"Mourinho desperately wanted an instant transfer window fix this summer because City winning the title has put his position under pressure.

"You can't blame him for that. His job is on the line, so he'll do everything he can to get the players he thinks he needs to save it, even if that means slagging off just about every section of his current squad.

"Yet at the same time, if I'm taking a view on the situation, then I have to side with the United board, because I think it's actually quite refreshing that a club of their size and stature are making a stand and not being held to ransom in the market."