Joshua Zirkzee is loudly jeered by Man United fans at Old Trafford as he’s hauled off just 33 minutes into their disastrous first half against Newcastle

Manchester United’s £36.5million summer signing Joshua Zirkzee was jeered by the home fans after being substituted in the first half of their Premier League clash with Newcastle.

United had endured a miserable opening to the match, trailing by two goals inside the first half hour after headers from Alexander Isak and Joelinton.

Ruben Amorim decided he had seen enough and opted to replace Zirkzee with Kobbie Mainoo with the best part of the first half still remaining.

As he started jogging off the field, there was a roar from the home fans, who were clearly happy to see Zirkzee make way.

The fans’ reaction prompted co-commentator and former United player Gary Neville to express some sympathy for Zirkzee.

“I actually feel sorry for him, I really do,” Neville said.

Zirkzee grabbed his jacket and walked into the tunnel before returning to the bank later

“I know he’s making a lot of money here, but there’s a human being in there who is actually being cheered on by his own fans and that’s cruel.

‘I haven’t seen that very often at Old Trafford in the 43 years I’ve been coming here.’

Once he reached the bench, Zirkzee picked up his jacket and quickly walked onto the sideline before heading into the tunnel.

Neville continued: “He’s had enough and I can’t really blame him. (It’s) a huge shame, I hope some fans down there give him something. He didn’t play well, let’s be clear, they were all absolutely terrible.’

A few minutes later, Zirkzee returned to the bench with a bottle of water in his hand as he rejoined United’s substitutes for the evening.

Neville then claimed United were the ‘worst pound-for-pound team in the country’ as he watched his old club thoroughly outplayed by Newcastle on home turf.

Before a ball had even been kicked, Neville has expressed his concerns about United’s summer signings, including Zirkzee, and how they had struggled to establish themselves at Old Trafford.

“I’m shocked at how poor those players have been in the first few months at this club,” he said before kick-off.

‘And it happened again. I’ve said before that this club has been something of a graveyard for players with a good reputation. But when they signed players like Ugarte, De Ligt, Yoro and Zirkzee, I didn’t hear anyone say “they signed a lot of bums”.

‘They signed some half-decent players there who you thought would improve the squad. The problem is that when you see them playing here in a red shirt, it seems like Manchester United are worse than before.

‘That’s the bizarre thing, that’s the strange thing that I keep training, because these players don’t suddenly become bad players when they come to Manchester United. But that seems to be the case, and it’s happening again before our eyes.”