Gary Neville has ruled Manchester United out of the title race.
The Sky Sports pundit was critical of his former club's performance as they fell 2-1 to Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday, suggesting Louis van Gaal's side lacks creativity and a 'cutting edge'.
The former Red Devils captain analysed United after the final whistle in South Wales, indicating that some new players need to be brought in before the close of Tuesday night's transfer window, otherwise the 20-time English champions will be merely battling it out to be the 'best of the rest'.
"They definitely somehow need more cutting edge. You can call it the manager's style, or individual players. Something needs to change," he said.
"At this moment in time we're not judging them as title contenders. We're judging them [on moving from] fourth to third or second, because that's the next step. But at this moment in time they're going to stay where they are.
"They have improved – they're a better team than they were this time last season, there's no doubt about that, they're defensively better.
"There were some good parts to that game today defensively but there were also flare-ups defensively. The goalkeeper [position], that's reared its ugly head today."