Manchester United are not a Champions League club anymore and need to adjust their sights. Why not Neves? Why not Tielemans?
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Manchester United are not a Champions League club anymore; adjust.
Long-time reader (since 2006), published Mailboxer (4x) – thought I would wade in with my opinion with regards to the current stupidness happening at Man Utd…
I feel the club needs to just pause, and recalibrate. There has been a shift at the top of the PL table. Man City and Liverpool are light years ahead. Then Chelsea, though Spurs have and continue to close the gap. Slightly below are probably Arsenal. Manchester United are below that. How much below? We will find out.
The point being, I don’t think the penny has dropped with the club. We aren’t a UCL team anymore. Probably not for a couple of years, at least. Accept it. And this delusion manifests itself in our transfer approach this summer. We simply cannot attract the FdJs of this world anymore. The top class players, who want to compete in the UCL, do not want to join us. Why are we continually trying to go up against the top sides in Europe for the best talent? We will always lose! That’s what has happened this summer. Why waste the entire summer barking up the FdJ tree, when someone like Neves is (in theory available – albeit for a large fee, £50m-£60m) available? He can sit and dictate, strong tackler, mobile, passer, and can chip in with goals. He is tried and tested in the PL over a number of years. None of the top teams in Europe or PL are looking at him? At what point have ManUtd decided that:
1) He isn’t better than McFred
2) ManUtd is above players like him?
This just boggles my mind that these players haven’t been signed yet.
Same question for the likes of Tielemans, Nunez (Wolves), Bissouma, Boubacar Kamara, Ivan Toney etc.. The list can go on!
ManUtd just need to accept they’re second rate. Start looking for value in the FTSE250 of the transfer market. Signing players that have something to prove in the game, want to become better footballers, and work hard should be signed. Not the Varanes, Ronaldos, Pogbas who will come for huge wages, and not much else.
It is looking like mid table, AT BEST for us this year.
Formerly known: HP, London
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