Manchester United hero Paul Ince has slammed the lack of leadership inside the current dressing room.

It's the root of United's problem, believes Ince, but players in the mold of former team-mate Roy Keane are a thing of the past. United have to evolve - and fast.

"The game has changed," he told the Daily Mail. "There are no (Roy) Keane, (Bryan) Robson, (Steven) Gerrard, (Patrick) Vieira or (Emmanuel) Petit-type players anymore.

"You just don't get them anymore and a lot of those players, a lot of them had tough backgrounds and football has been their life. It was their passion but now football is just a job to some players.

"They get the best of everything financially and the pitches are great so they have that mentality where they are a bit soft. I watched United play Newcastle the other week and I saw them tackled and just rolling over.

"I wanted them to get up and get on with it, they were 1-0 down you know. That mentality we had, these players haven't got that now. You don't get those players anymore and this is the problem United have.

"That time (under Sir Alex Ferguson) has gone and we need to find another way to be successful."