Phil Neville singled out four Manchester United players, including Noussair Mazraoui and Leny Yoro, following their 4-4 draw with Aston Villa, warning that they will "get you relegated".

No team in Europe's top five leagues have conceded more goals than Manchester United this season.

In total, Michael Carrick's side have shipped 30 goals across the 2026-27 campaign, a tally that sums up their defensive frailties of late, with the likes of Diogo Dalot taking the brunt of criticism.

In fact, former United defender Phil Neville named Dalot as a weak link alongside three other defenders - Leny Yoro, Noussair Mazraoui and Ayden Heaven.

When the dreaded relegation zone came up after Sunday's final whistle, Neville was defiant as he spoke on NBC Sports. "No, this is going to continue," he said regarding United's form.

“Mazraoui, Yoro, Heaven and Dorgu finished the game as a back four. That back four gets you relegated. That back four gets you the sack as a manager. And that back four cannot keep United, I don't think, in the Premier League.”

Gary Neville points finger at 'poor recruitment' amid defensive woes

Many have blamed United's woeful start to the season on their inability to strengthen in key areas over the summer.

They brought in three central midfielders - Youri Tielemans, Carlos Baleba and Andrey Santos - but failed to bring in a left-back or striker, leaving themselves short of options in both positions.

On Sunday, Gary Neville called out United's recruitment as he sat next to his brother Phil in the NBC studio.

"It's rinse and repeat, isn't it?" he began. "We've seen what's happened, you know, Amorim, Ten Hag, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Michael Carrick's in the job now, Jose Mourinho, Louis van Gaal, David Moyes, Ralf Rangnick; there are eight I've just named.

"Some of them are world-class managers who've had great reputations, who've had success, there are a lot of promising young managers there, there are a lot of ex-players who know the club in there as well, who've come in and tried to instil the club's values and align with the fan base.

"None of it has worked, because if you recruit badly, if you've got a poor performance department, you've got a poor recruitment department, you've not got leadership that's strong, right through the spine of the football club, you will fail.

"Every single organisation in the world will fail if you've not got aligned leadership from top to bottom, and that's from your board at the very top and your ownership right the way through to the person who is basically stood on that football pitch trying to play football.

"And it's a massive issue, and there are real issues within that football club. You've got people who really are doing the jobs who've never done those jobs before in senior positions."

Neville continued: "Look, I thought the players, it sounds crazy, I thought there was some really good football out on that pitch today. I thought there was some really good combinations, some good attacking play, they kept going.

"But the defensive errors. We all screamed in the transfer window, you have to bring some defenders in. You have to bring some defenders in, you have to bring a transfer budget from next summer forward one, and somehow borrow the money if you have to, or whatever it is that you have to.

"But they haven't got the money right now to be able to do it."