Manchester United owners the Glazers are not the only ones to blame for the club's circumstances.

The American owners, who have sucked out more than $1 billion in loan and interest payments from the club due to their leveraged buyout, have drawn fan ire since the takeover in 2005.

However, Rangers legend Ally McCoist believes the issues at the club are not as simple.

McCoist said on talkSPORT: "There's one or two problems at Manchester United, some bigger than others. The Glazers are obviously a problem but to be fair, it's not the Glazers who are dropping Welbeck for that run from the middle of the park, that was Casemiro.

"It's not the Glazers who are diving into a tackle to stop Gross for the second goal, that was Martinez. I tend to agree that I think the players need to take more responsibility.

"However, I look at United, I look at Chelsea and I look at a lot of big clubs, and they must be scratching their heads at the difference of the level of recruitment of the team that beat them on Saturday, Brighton."