"They can't just go, 'We're going to panic now and go buy more average players', because the players right now aren't good enough to produce the performances that Manchester United want, hence why they're in this position.
Ruben Amorim has struggled since replacing Erik ten Hag in November, losing eight of his first 20 matches in charge as United sit 15th in the table going into the trip to Tottenham.
But despite his difficult start in terms of results and becoming the quickest United manager in history to reach five home Premier League defeats, Amorim refuses to budge from his 3-4-3 system.
"I see Manchester United as having still much more pain, even 18 months more pain, because they need to get rid.
"Whoever's been in charge or even managers have gone so far and then they're panicked and then they've gone and bought 30-year-old players that aren't going to maybe take the club any further forward.