Paul Scholes claims there are a lack of leaders in the Manchester United squad following their weekend defeat to Brighton.

Jose Mourinho’s side were beaten 3-2 by the Seasiders on Sunday, with captain on the day Paul Pogba coming under especially heavy criticism for his performance at the AMEX Stadium.

The Frenchman has since admitted his side may have approached the fixture the wrong way, and Scholes has now questioned his credentials to be wearing the captain’s armband for the Red Devils.

“There’s a lack of leaders in the team, that’s why we thought Paul Pogba might be the ideal candidate to be that leader but he wasn’t there tonight,” Scholes told Opus Sport. 

“He had another really poor game. He’s so inconsistent.”

United front-three Romelu Lukaku, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford also came under scrutiny for their performances, with the trio managing just two shots on target between them.

But Scholes however believes that it was those in behind, and again more specifically Pogba, who are to blame for their lack of productivity in the final third.

“Lukaku can do it [win games]. Martial can do it. Martial, in that first half – what was he on for? 55 minutes? An hour? He got one ball down the left-hand side in the first half,” Scholes added.

“And he absolutely flew past the right-back. I can’t remember another time when you get the ball to him. As a midfield player for United, your job is to get the ball to your best players who can hurt [the opposition].

“But the Man United midfield players could never do it. They couldn’t get a ball in to Lukaku, they couldn’t get a ball in to Martial and they couldn’t get a ball in to [Marcus] Rashford when he came on.”