Former Arsenal captain William Gallas has branded Manchester United skipper Harry Maguire a "joke".

Gallas, who had spells at Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham, has suggested that Maguire is worth nowhere near the £80m fee that United paid for Maguire back in 2019.

“The amount of money they spent on Harry Maguire was a joke," he told Ladbrokes. “I'm sorry, it is a joke. It's Manchester United and they do have a lot of money to spend, but when you look at that player, he is not worth that amount of money.

“If Harry Maguire is worth £80m, then I don't know how much a prime William Gallas would be worth in 2020! But football has changed.

“Clubs invest crazy money on players, and it's very difficult to understand how someone can spend so much money on one player.

“If you're a young player in the Premier League and you play really well in two or three games, your value will go up straight away. That shouldn't be the place. You should have to play well the whole season for your value to increase so much."

He added: “Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can't say that he doesn't have the players capable of winning the Premier League because he does. They have to start winning trophies, something they haven't done since Solskjaer took over.

“Maybe that means he's not the right manager. He has the right players to win trophies, but he hasn't."