Jose Mourinho has to be given time to overhaul Manchester United's underperforming squad and build a side capable of challenging for top honours, according to Paul Scholes.
Former United player Scholes believes that the club's current problems, compounded by a 2-1 Europa League defeat against Fenerbahce, are not the fault of Mourinho and urged that the former Chelsea manager is backed to turn things around at Old Trafford.
"It's been quite a painful three years," Scholes said on BT Sport. "And I think the next 18 months to two years could be very similar until this manager has three or four transfer windows to really get a team that he wants.