Gary Neville feels Manchester United's squad are letting Michael Carrick down as the pressure grows on his former team-mate.

United's season hit a new low on Sunday, as the Red Devils went down 3-0 at home to Bournemouth.

They have won just seven points from eight Premier League games this season (W1 D4 L3), their lowest at this stage of a league season since 1986-87 (four).

That followed on from Wednesday's 4-1 Champions League defeat to Cesc Fabregas' Como.

The United fans sang Carrick's name as he made his way from the pitch at full-time, but the supporters jeered the players.

And Neville feels United's squad deserve the criticism.

"Nothing against Tottenham here, nothing against Como, nothing against Atletico Madrid. A little bit against Leeds [United], it was a bit of a fight, but nothing against Fulham. That was a waste of time," Neville said on the Gary Neville Podcast.

"So, this is a pattern of nothings, of players switching off and downing tools.

"Michael Carrick is a brilliant man.

"He's a man of integrity, of credibility, of decency, of professionalism, of high-quality football and consistency and reliability. Everything the group of players in that dressing room aren't.

"And he's going to suffer for it because he's not been able to deliver. It's been too much for him in these last few months.

"He's not been able to get a tune out of them and they've turned on him."

Bruno Fernandes sat on the bench against Bournemouth, having been dropped following his comments in the wake of the defeat at Como.

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Neville added: "If Bruno has turned on him publicly, with that little statement, imagine what they're like behind the scenes.

"If that's your captain saying that, imagine what they're saying in the dressing room behind closed doors when no one's listening. That's horrific.

"A few of them aren't that professional. I live in Manchester. Some of them aren't that professional. So I've got no time for them.

"There's a few of them that don't go to bed at the right time, don't eat the right things, don't think about Manchester United every single minute of every day, and aren't living and breathing this football club as they should be and as professionals should.

"Why? Because it's gone to their heads. They are nothing, some of those players."

United are eight games without a win in all competitions (D3 L5) for the first time since November/December 2015.

They have lost consecutive games twice in this run, having not suffered back-to-back defeats at all in the 2025-26 season.

Eddie Howe and Julian Nagelsmann have been mooted as potential candidates to replace Carrick.