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Eric Cantona is confident Manchester United will be challenging for all the honours soon

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Paul Scholes says Manchester United should stick with David Moyes and give him the funds to invest in the squad in the summer.

Former Manchester United favourite Eric Cantona is confident the team will be back challenging for all the major honours very soon.

Paul Scholes also feels United should stand by Moyes and back him in the transfer market. Moyes has already shelled out £27.5million on Marouane Fellaini and £37.1million on Juan Mata since taking the reins at Old Trafford. However, Tuesday night's 3-0 defeat by rivals City marked the sixth time this season that the reigning champions have been turned over at home in the Premier League. They have also slipped 15 points behind Manuel Pellegrini's title chasers in the table but former Red Devils star Scholes, a guest pundit on Sky Sports' Football Special, is of the opinion that United must back their manager. "You have to," said Scholes. "He's only nine months into the job. You have to stand by him. "OK, he's made a couple of signings that haven't quite worked out yet, as he would have liked. "In the summer, he's going to need backing - there's no doubt about that. Was he backed as well as he could have been last summer? I'm not too sure. But this summer, he has to be backed - and I think he knows he needs players."

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