‘Manchester United are ruining football’ claims ex-Red Devil defender

Ex-Manchester United defender Paul Parker has explained he feels the club have played a huge part in ruining football because of the size of the wage packages they offer to players.

Manchester United have been criticised in the last few seasons for the size of the contracts that they currently offer big players, with examples such as Cristiano Ronaldo, David de Gea, and Alexis Sanchez being repeatedly cited.

The club have been looking to bring in new high-qualify players this season such as Harry Kane and Declan Rice this summer but would need to offer high wages in order to attract them to the club.

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They are also said to be offering Marcus Rashford a new contract that would see him earn in excess of £300,000 a week.

Speaking to bettingexpert, Paul Parker believes that this is playing a big role in why football is being ‘ruined’.

“Football has become a game that is run by players now,” he said. “Players hold all the cards and they do seem to pick and choose and they are quite selfish in the way they think and they don’t put the team first.

“But that’s not how it works. I´m not working as an expert today because I talked a lot as a player but because I was working hard and because I achieved great things with a great club. That’s what players need to understand.”

“There was a time many years ago when players signed for Man United because it was Manchester United. Today players are signing for Man United because of… Yeah, god knows how many million they can earn.

“That’s why Man United are also guilty when it comes to ruining football in this country. They are not the only guilty club but they are not innocent.

“The Premier League has become a circus division because it’s all about money. This circus division is slowly killing our game and the circus division has taken anything good away from our football.

Some awful words have been said about our football recently – everything because of how the Premier League has been run. Somehow we have to stop this assort when it comes to using money, otherwise, football is facing a dark future.

“Kids are growing up now and they get the wrong picture of football. They think it’s a sport that you start to play because you want to earn money.”

“They should start playing because they enjoy playing with their friends and want to achieve big things. Not because they want to fill their pockets.”