A FORMER Wasps star says relegation for the once great club would be like Manchester United going down.

Paul Sackey, now with Stade Francais, said: “Wasps going down would be unbelievable given the club’s pedigree, the equivalent of Manchester United being relegated.”

“I am absolutely gutted to see what’s happening to Wasps. They’re my team, they always have been and they always will be, but I am worried.

“Unless they get their act together they’re going to be one of those teams that people forget about. It’s such a shame because Wasps used to be a team feared right across Europe.

“But even when I left in 2010 I was concerned with what was happening. I felt the culture had started to deteriorate a little bit.”