Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has hit out at Louis van Gaal's team, labelling their football "miserable" and claiming they do not show enough attacking intent.

Despite sitting third in the Premier League the Red Devils have been criticised for their playing style this season, and were booed off at half-time of their 3-1 win over Burnley on Wednesday.

That followed comments made by West Ham manager Sam Allardyce that United had worn down the Irons with a series of long balls in their 1-1 draw at Upton Park - to which Van Gaal reacted by angrily presenting a statistical dossier to journalists at a press conference.

Scholes believes the current squad at Old Trafford are not taking enough risks in moving the ball forward and are suffering because of it.

"It does not give me any pleasure to say that at the moment I am struggling to watch Louis van Gaal's team with any great enjoyment," he wrote in his column for The Independent.