Liverpool hero Graeme Souness has warned Erik ten Hag he is walking into a "DISASTER" at Manchester United.

Souness has also warned the departing Ajax coach about handling Bruno Fernandes.

Writing in his column for The Times, Souness said: “Ten Hag is walking into an absolute disaster. On the pitch, it has been a car crash of a club in the decade since [Sir Alex Ferguson] left.

“That's down to consistently terrible football decisions. Whoever made them has not been a football person.

“Not one big-name signing since Fergie left has been an unqualified success. Bruno Fernandes comes closest, but he's had one good season and one indifferent one. To be a top player he has to cut out the petulance he shows towards his team-mates."

He continued: “Cristiano Ronaldo has a claim to be the best player ever, but is showing signs of being a frustrated figure coming to the end of playing at the highest level. Before he signed, I'd have made it clear he would not play every game but would have wanted him to be an example to everyone in the dressing room.

“It looks like he's finding it hard to get that message across because of how the modern game has evolved and he can't make the impression he wants any more.

“Critics often focus on Harry Maguire among United's centre-backs but in Raphael Varane, I don't see the same player he was five years ago, bringing me back to what the great Jock Stein said: 'Never judge a player on memory.'

“Real Madrid tend not to let top players leave. A good example of that is Mesut Ozil at Arsenal."