Manchester United legend Teddy Sheringham has explained why he thinks his former side “will get relegated” this season.

Man Utd find themselves in dire straits on and off the pitch, with the Premier League giants sitting 18th in the table during the international break.

The Red Devils are set to change head coach after current boss Michael Carrick has won only three of their first 15 games this season, with USA boss Mauricio Pochettino looking increasingly likely to succeed the club legend.

This is likely to spark initial improvement, but Man Utd have serious problems at all levels and it will take a long time to fix the broken club.

“Manchester United will get relegated at this rate…”

And Sheringham fears Man Utd could be relegated this season due to the increased quality level of the Premier League and the lack of effort their players are showing.

“Manchester United will get relegated at this rate,” Sheringham told BOYLE Sports.

“There’s not a lot between teams in the Premier League anymore, and if other teams are 100% or more effort, there’s so much talent in these squads now, at Hull City, at Ipswich, at Coventry City.

“They’ve been spending big money and they might not be buying the top players but they’re spending good money on good players, from all around the world. That’s going to give them a chance. Sunderland showed us that last year. It was fantastic the way they took the Premier League by storm.

“I remember doing it with Millwall coming up. We thought we had to play at our utmost best every game to even get a draw, and all of a sudden you start beating them with that attitude because your commitment levels and your togetherness take you through.

“If you’re not matching people for effort like that, you will struggle, and it looks like Manchester United can’t do that, not when it really matters, when the game is at 0-0. You’ve got to match these teams. If you don’t, you get found out. Big time.”

“Relegation is not the answer for Manchester United…”

Sheringham has also warned Man Utd that relegation would “not” be the “answer” to eventually fix the club.

He added: “Relegation is not the answer for Manchester United fans wanting a better future for the club without the Glazers and INEOS.

“I think all that would happen is for even more cut costs around the football club, which wasn’t the right move for me in the first place.

“Cutting the costs of people that are the lifeblood of the football club by Ratcliffe like the tea ladies, the women on the door, and the everyday people that make it all tick behind the scenes.

“I know he’s described it as people not earning their money, and if they’re not going to earn their money, then get out, but there used to be good people around the football club that Sir Alex Ferguson leant on at times to make sure the environment was good.

“Everything in its right place to keep the steam train rolling on. It’s those people who will get affected again if United go down. There’ll be even more cuts, more of the wrong people affected.”