Gary Neville has outlined where Manchester United need to strengthen during the January transfer window. Despite suggesting that United don't have the possibility to add to their squad in the winter market, Ruben Amorim might want to find a path to bring some players in following a drab first half of the season.

In fact, Monday's 2-0 defeat at home to Newcastle was the latest of NINE Premier League losses in 19 matches so far this term. Goals from Alexander Isak and Joelinton condemned United to a third successive top-flight defeat at Old Trafford - the first time that has happened since the 1978/79 campaign.

United sit 14th in the Premier League table, just seven points outside the relegation zone and Amorim hinted that the club are facing the potential of being dragged into a dogfight at the bottom. It does feel as though everything is going wrong at United right now, but Neville is hoping United can make signings in January.

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Issuing his verdict on United's January transfer plans, Neville told Sky Sports following the defeat to Newcastle: "I could say centre-forward, let's get a world-class centre-forward, let's get Isak in, but that's never going to happen.

"I think if you were starting, you'd have to start with the fundamentals of this system, which is the wing-backs, they hold it together. If you don't have the wing-backs functioning up and down that are able to attack and defend equally as good, and there aren't many of those around, by the way, because there aren't many teams that play wing-back, then you're going to struggle. So you need two quite unique players in those wide areas, and I think that will be the starting point.

"And that's nothing against [Noussair] Mazraoui or [Diogo] Dalot, I think they're very willing and doing the job the very best that they can. But they're to me the areas that I would start in this system."

Neville's comments came after Amorim revealed United don't have any budget to work with this winter. The Portuguese said in a post-match interview: "We don’t have that possibility in January.

"You know the situation better than I [do]. It’s not the case I am not arriving here and I can spend a lot of money, changing all the team. You know the situation so it’s not a point to talk about it."