Paul Scholes has written off Manchester United’s title chances this season after describing Louis Van Gaal as a “mad genius.”

Paul Scholes  has written off Manchester United’s title chances this season after describing Louis Van Gaal as a “mad genius.”

United legend Scholes fears the club he served for two decades has not bought enough quality this summer to make them serious contenders compared to his two favourites to lift the trophy, Manchester City and Chelsea.

Cheap Air Jordan Shoes The 39-year-old former England international also believes the loss of defensive rocks Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic has left United short defensively and says they will regret not trying to sign Cesc Fabregas or Toni Kroos to bolster the midfield.

However, Scholes does believe Van Gaal will bring back the “fear factor” which the Old Trafford giants have lacked since Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure last year after 26 seasons littered with trophies.

Nike Air Jordan Sale Van Gaal takes over after steering an unfancied Holland side to third place at this summer's World Cup and Scholes said:

“From what I’ve seen in pre-season he looks a bit mad to me. He’s a bit like a mad genius - he looks a bit crazy.

“I think he’s brought a bit of fear into the players, which is no bad thing. I played for 20 years for Sir Alex Ferguson and he could be a scary man. Sometimes fear can bring performances out from you.

“There’s no doubt these players need to perform this year. If they don’t I don’t think they’ll be there for very long.

Authentic Air Jordan Shoes “I’ve not seen him [Van Gaal] work, but I have seen clips on the telly and one moment he’s hugging someone for doing a great pass and the next if something’s not right he’s going off his head.
“Players will know where they stand, which is what you want. You knew where you stood with Sir Alex Ferguson, straight from what you’d done on the Saturday. If you’d done well he’d pat you on the back and if you hadn’t you probably wouldn’t be playing the next week.

Air Jordan 1 sale “This manager has great experience with proper clubs and been successful. Hopefully he can bring a bit of that to us.”

But despite Scholes believing Van Gaal will get United back on track from the “shambles” of David Moyes' 10-month reign, he cannot see them doing any better than squeezing back into the top four in the Dutchman's debut season.

Speaking in his new role as a BT Sport pundit, Scholes said: “I think the title is between City and Chelsea, they’ve both made decent signings. The next two places are between United, Liverpool and Arsenal.

“United will be looking for a better season than last season, and that shouldn’t be too difficult. It was a big blip last year. Disappointing.