Manchester United haven’t made the best start to the summer transfer window, with rivals Liverpool beating them to the signing of Darwin Nunez, while Erling Haaland has been unveiled by Manchester City.
While it’s still early days yet, this really isn’t what Man Utd fans will want to be seeing right now, with their team far enough behind Liverpool and City already last season, and with those two teams now stronger while it’s all looking a bit quiet at Old Trafford.
Former Red Devils ace Luke Chadwick isn’t too pleased to see how it’s gone so far, as he praised the signing of Nunez for Liverpool and admitted the recruitment team now had a huge job on their hands to catch up.
“It’s a really strong statement of intent from Liverpool and a good signing for them,” Chadwick told CaughtOffside. “I remember seeing his performances against Liverpool in the Champions League and he really excelled in those games.
“He offers something a bit different, he’s quite a traditional number 9, rather than Liverpool’s goal-scorers of recent years who play out wide, or Roberto Firmino in that false-9 role.
“I think it makes them stronger, and it was important to make that signing given that Sadio Mane is moving out of the club. It’s important as well in terms of Manchester City announcing the signing of Erling Haaland.
“It shows where United are at this moment in time, sadly. If you’re a player coming from overseas at this moment in time, unfortunately, Liverpool are a more attractive proposition.
“Nunez has shown he’s got to the potential to be a really successful Premier League player, so it’s a disappointment for United to miss out. But it’s not surprising at all really, considering the direction Liverpool are going in, in comparison to United.”
Chadwick admitted it would be a bit of a change in style from Liverpool, but didn’t expect there to be problems in terms of Nunez clashing with Mohamed Salah in the hunt for goals.
“On paper, it looks like two wide players and Nunez in the middle, but in reality it’ll be quite different. Liverpool had to replace the goals of Mane, which they look to have done, albeit in a different position,” Chadwick said.
“We know Salah’s hungry for goals and he’ll do that regardless of who’s playing with him, but there can’t just be a…
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