Manchester United Double winner Paul Parker has jumped to the defence of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Parker has slammed his ex-club and defended under-fire manager Solskjaer following the Red Devil's 1-0 loss to Newcastle.

Speaking to talkSPORT, Parker said: “Everyone's trying to turn around and blame Ole for it [but] you've got to remember that he's trying to manage and coach a professional football club in the Premier League.

“But he's not been allowed to do that properly because people are not allowing him to go and bring in what he wants and allowing him to give it his best shot.

“This is a problem, it's a problem for any club in any division of football but if you're in the Premier League, at Manchester United and you're not showing anything what people see as trying to win a football league then all of a sudden they're going to be negative towards him and that's what's happening."