Wayne Rooney, Manchester United's all-time leading scorer, unleashed a scathing assessment of his former club Sunday, declaring the "soul has gone" from Old Trafford and confessing zero confidence in manager Ruben Amorim to revive the ailing giants amid a dismal run that has them languishing in 14th place.

On his BBC podcast The Wayne Rooney Show, the five-time Premier League winner with United likened the club to a "broken" entity, where he attends matches "expecting" defeats and sees players unfit for the shirt.

The 39-year-old, who captained England and managed Derby and Plymouth, pinned the rot on a toxic culture: staff axed after decades, no fight on the pitch, and a wait for total collapse.

United's 3-1 loss at Brentford Saturday—extending their away winless streak to eight—left them with just 34 points from Amorim's 33 league games, winless in successive matches. Amorim, 40, took the reins last November after back-to-back Portuguese titles with Sporting, but Rooney questioned his rigid 3-4-2-1 setup, calling for sweeping overhauls—be it sackings, signings, or ownership clarity from the Glazers and Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos, who hold 27.7 percent since February 2024. "Everything needs fixing," Rooney said, lamenting the drop from 1,100 to 700 staff and a legacy tainted since 1974's near-relegation.

The club insists Amorim retains full backing despite the slide—15th last season, their worst since 1973-74—while ex-City defender Micah Richards warned the tactics could spell doom, and Alan Shearer called him sack-lucky.

Rooney, with two sons in United's academy, hopes for a turnaround but sees none: "I don't recognise the football club." As Ratcliffe's group steers football ops, Rooney's despair echoes fan frustration, with calls for a "new engine" to reclaim United's storied pulse before the rot consumes all.