FORMER Manchester United stars Peter Schmeichel and Michael Owen were involved in a heated argument on live TV.
The two retired footballers were studio guests for Premier League Productions – a program broadcast on TV channels outside the UK.
Owen was giving his assessment of United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer‘s tenure at the club – and was pretty critical of the Norwegian.
He was adamant the likes of Pep Guardiola or Jurgen Klopp would be getting more out of the United squad than Solskjaer was.
It came after a dismal 1-0 defeat away at Bournemouth, with former United youngster Josh King scoring the only goal of the game.
Owen said: “Im a patient person myself but if Klopp or if Guardiola were manager of Manchester United, then Im certain you would have seen a huge improvement with what theyve got.
These players, a lot of them are very good players and a lot of them are not playing to their potential.
You look at the other two teams – Guardiola and Klopp get the best [out of them].
You name a player out of those two squads that hasnt got better under the management, under the guidance of them.
OLE NEEDS TIME TO CHANGE
But arguably United’s best ever goalkeeper Schmeichel disagreed with Owen’s assessment.
He pointed out that both Guardiola and Klopp achieved success with time on their side – as well as some big help on the transfer front.
He responded: “I think Klopp, hes got very, very few players in his team that were there when he started. Hes got [Jordan] Henderson.
Now, Guardiola in the first year wasnt great, people forgot that. He changed the whole back five, he didnt play [Vincent] Kompany in the second year, didnt play him at all.
Obviously he came back in the third year but he changed the whole back five, he bought players like Bernardo Silva in.
He has changed that team a lot and it has taken him time to get to that point.
Now, Oles starting point was nowhere near what Guardiola came into Manchester City with.
United’s defeat at Bournemouth leaves them with just 13 points after 11 Premier League games – their lowest total at this stage of the season for 33 years.
And after the game, Solskjaer himself was critical of his side’s ‘creativity’.
He said: “To win games you need to score goals and I’m sure Anthony and Marcus are going to get their share of goals.
“Anthony’s just going improve but we need more creativity.
“But we’ve got loads of players here in the squad who could create more, it’s not just look outside, we have to do with what we have.”
