Manchester United look set to appoint Ruben Amorim as their new manager ahead of the weekend, after finally removing Erik ten Hag from this post earlier this week.
The Dutchman's tenure ended with a 2-1 defeat to West Ham that leaves United 14th in the Premier League and without a win in Europe for nearly a year.
Speaking on William Hill’s podcast, Three Up Front, Graeme Souness believes the club are at their lowest ebb in the Premier League, and the next manager has a huge task on his hands.
He said: “I think it’s a monster job to take on Manchester United at the moment. Even if Pep Guardiola or Alex Ferguson were to walk in there, it’d be a very difficult job.
“I think the club are at their lowest point in the history of the Premier League, with the lowest quality group of players they’ve had in that time.”
It will be the first big appointment of the INEOS ownership, and Souness also shared his concerns on the group, accusing them of failing to understand the sport so far in their time in charge.
“I look at Manchester United since INEOS came in and it’s screaming out to me that they don’t really get football,” added Souness.
“They’ve now got their so-called footballing people in charge, in Dan Ashworth and Jason Wilcox, and I can’t believe for a minute that they didn’t have an input on the players they signed in the summer.
“They brought in Manuel Ugarte, Matthijs De Ligt, and Joshua Zirkzee. If they think those players are good enough for United, they’re wrong. They’ve still allowed £200 million to be spent on players like that. They’ve had one summer at the club and look what they’ve done with it! That has to fall at Dan Ashworth’s door.
“Rúben Amorim’s job now is to get the best out of this group of players, in whatever system that may be. He is walking into what is a very difficult job.”