Football Paper Round: Manchester United are in 'crisis', according to Marouane Fellaini

Fellaini: United are in 'crisis'

Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini has admitted that his side are in the midst of a crisis following Sunday's loss to Watford - reports the Mirror. The Red Devils were beaten 3-1 at Vicarage Road, with manager Jose Mourinho risking a player revolt after the game by openly criticising the popular Luke Shaw.

But Fellaini has supported his manager's view that Sunday's performance was unacceptable saying:

" We can say it's a little crisis because a club like Manchester United cannot lose three games ... heads are down."

Bendtner's 'best player in the world' gaffe

Nicklas Bendtner doesn't regret claiming earlier in his career that he could become the greatest player in the world, but admits he was a little hasty expressing such a sentiment - reports the Independent. "I was very young and I might have said it too early," Bendtner said ahead of Nottingham Forest's League Cup clash with Arsenal, before adding:

" I wish somehow I could get that interview replayed because I don’t know if I said exactly what was written. The way it was written I thought: ‘Did you really say that?’"

Barton: I'd be better for England than Big Sam

With a new autobiography on the way, Joey Barton spoke to the Daily Mail and told them that he'd back himself to do a better job than Sam Allardyce and Roy Hodgson as manager of England. Typically forthright, Barton also told Matt Lawton that he believes he should have received far more than his one solitary England cap, saying that the favoured players of his generation didn't have the stomach to succeed at the top level:

" Too many of the players in England’s so called golden generation had character flaws - they actually formed the me generation," Barton told the Daily Mail."

"Sam Allardyce is England manager ... What’s Sam got that I haven’t got? "

Source: Eurosport