Harry Redknapp all but rules himself out of the running for Manchester United job

He ain't no wheeler dealer, but even if he was he would struggle to offload this lot.

According to Harry Redknapp, Louis van Gaal is keeping the manager's racing car seat warm for Jose Mourinho in the Old Trafford dugout.. What's new? Everyone from Inter directors to Zinedine Zidane and scarf manufacturers could tell you the volatile Portuguese is headed for Manchester. However, in his Daily Telegraph column the former Tottenham and Portsmouth manager outlines the size of the task facing Mourinho and suggests that people beyond Van Gaal are culpable for the shambles at United. Basically 'Arry says the players are all shite and it is going to take Mourinho, his buddy Jorge Mendes and a lorra, lorra wonga to fix the problem. We get the impression 'Arry would start by offloading Memphis Depay to the nearest gullible eejit (Ed Woodward can't but him, he already owns him). "Whether it was the manager, or head of recruitment, who signed all these players, somebody has to put their head above the parapet and admit to it. If you worked in a company and spent millions making bad decisions you’d get the sack, so why should it be any different for football," asks Redknapp.

"Where do United go with that team now? All that money spent on average players. Memphis Depay thinks he’s way better than he is, so they tell me, and Anthony Martial has been no world-beater either."

"Apart from the goalkeeper, I can’t see any world-class players and if David de Gea decides to up sticks this summer then they will be in a right mess."

United are currently in fifth place, six points behind rivals City in the final Champions League qualifying spot. If United don't return to Europe's premier competition then Redknapp foresees serious problems for Mourinho in wooing players to Manchester - even with that famous charm of his.

"If United do finish outside the top four they will have huge problems because players won’t want to go there, despite the undoubted standing of the club in world football. "It’s going to need Mourinho and his super-agent, Jorge Mendes, to work out some pretty eye-catching deals, that’s for sure!"