Manchester United Legend Paul Scholes slams Red Devil's players after Europa League defeat at Fenerbahce: 'In two years this team will be unrecognisable'

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes believes it will take another two years for Jose Mourinho to form a side capable of challenging for major honours.

United's underwhelming start to the season continued with a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Fenerbahce in the Europa League.

The Red Devils are now at serious risk of failing to make the knockout stage of the competition, despite spending £145million this summer, and Scholes expects to see drastic changes in personnel over the course of the next two seasons.

Former United midfielder Paul Scholes believes Jose Mourinho's squad need a major rebuild.

'It's been quite a painful three years really and I think the next 18 months to two years could be similar until this manager has three or four transfer windows to really get a team that he wants,' Scholes told BT Sport.

'I think, in two years, this team will be unrecognisable from what it is now but whatever we do in this two years has to be a bonus.

'Whether they can win the League Cup, whether they can win the FA Cup. Can they win this competition?

It doesn't look like it and they've shown in the last three years that they're not capable of winning the league with this squad.'

Mourinho is already facing mounting pressure just five months into his Old Trafford reign.

The Red Devils have won just two of their last seven games in all competitions and are already well off the pace in the Premier League - eight points behind rivals Manchester City.