Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof are “not good enough” for Manchester United, says Paul Parker, with the Red Devils considered to have wasted money and made a mistake in allowing Chris Smalling to leave on loan.
One England international centre-half was deemed surplus to requirements over the summer as another arrived.
With Maguire made the most expensive defender in world football as he completed an £80 million ($106m) move to Old Trafford, a season-long loan at Roma was sanctioned for Smalling.
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Leaks at the back have not been plugged by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s class of 2019-20, with Parker suggesting that the Red Devils continue to lack the necessary quality.