Tim Sherwood has hit out at Manchester United defender Raphael Varane.
The 30-year-old Frenchman is yet to play more than 24 league games for United in a season as he struggles to stay fit, and has been injured once more for his second campaign under Erik ten Hag.
That has seen Harry Maguire feature alongside Jonny Evans, with few having expected them to play regularly this season.
United’s defence, in part because of Andre Onana’s errors, have struggled as a whole and their poor record is a big reason for United sitting in 10th after the international break.
Speaking to William Hill, Sherwood believes that Varane has not played well enough.
“One player that really annoys me is Raphael Varane,” he said.
“I think he is getting away with it. He is never fit and when he is fit he’s bang average. We all know he’s had a great career but at the same time everyone is happy to jump on the back of Harry Maguire whilst Varane just gets away with it.
“The ones who play more football are simply more durable and they can play week in week out, Varane seems to play once and then be injured again for two weeks. He seems to be picking his games, but when he plays he’s not that brilliant anyway.
“Ten Hag is not judging players equally and he’s just chucking people onto the pitch and hoping one of the superstars wins him the match. As soon as one of the superstars is fit he takes the likes of Hannibal [Mejbri] and [Scott] McTominay out of the team, and they end up losing football matches.”