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Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher thinks it would take a "miraculous recovery" for Manchester United to win the Premier League this season, Sky Sports reported.

After Saturday's goalless draw at home to Burnley, Jose Mourinho's side sit eighth in the table having collected just 15 points so far this campaign, leaving them eight adrift of the leading trio of Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool.

"I think if they won the league from this position it would be a miraculous recovery. But I think going forward now, there are a lot more questions in terms of Mourinho himself as a manager and his effect, and how long it is taking to get across to the United players,” Carragher said.

To his words, the players Mourinho bought suggested they intended  to win the league. “You do not buy [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic to think: 'I am building something for two or three years.' You are buying him for right now. Even though Pogba, he is not young, he is only 23 and has his best years ahead, but it is a world-record fee, so you are buying him for right now,” he said.

"Same for [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan - I do not know what has gone on there. [Eric] Bailly I think has done really well at centre back, but unfortunately he has gone out," noted Carragher.

However, with United having spent more money than any of their Premier League rivals last summer - including a world-record outlay on Pogba - Carragher believes the pressure will now be on Mourinho to win the title, if not this season, then next.