Manchester United: Gary Neville believes the club are ‘on the right track’ despite disappointing start to the season

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side have won just one of their first four games

Gary Neville believes that Manchester United are “on the right track” despite winning just one of their first four games.

The former United right-back thinks that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is building in the right direction, but with such a young squad will need time to cultivate a competitive squad.

And it is for this reason that Neville is not necessarily worried about the poor Premier League start.

“I think they are on the right track in terms of what they are doing because the first thing United must do, you have to have a group of people in that changing room that want to be there,” Neville told Sky Sports.

“When you have a young team like the one Manchester United have – it’s got a lot of players who are developing and trying to improve themselves – I think they are going to get a lot of results like this where they do OK in the game.

“I thought they performed okay against Southampton, but they just don’t have that clinical element which would allow them to see the game off and win the game.”

United have followed a 4-0 win over Chelsea at home by taking just two points from their last three games, including a home defeat to Crystal Palace.

Leicester, with aspirations of challenging and perhaps usurping the established top six, are the visitors to Old Trafford this weekend.

Neville recognises what Solskjaer is trying to achieve with his squad, but believes he needs more support from those above him.

“Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, in what he is doing, is trying to play the long game. To play the long game he is going to need the support from up above.

“He’s going to need strong leadership over the next two or three seasons to be able to have those four or five transfer windows that he needs, not just to actually get people in the dressing room all facing the same direction, but to get the quality in that’s needed.

“They seem to be playing the right way. You see Daniel James score that goal and you see the way in which they are trying to play.

“The style of it is right, the bones are there. But there’s still a very long way to go and it’s going to be bumpy along the way.”