In the match between Manchester United and Newcastle, when Manchester United formed the midfield combination of McTominay + Sabitzer + Bruno Fernandes, a Bayern fan asked me: Your Manchester United midfield looks weak.
I was taken aback by what I said, but it’s not wrong to think about it carefully. Sabitzer has always been used as an engineer in Bayern, and McTominay is also known for his frizz in Manchester United’s youth training. Bruno Fernandes aside, Manchester United's midfield is indeed not strong enough.
Every time after Manchester United loses, the two comments that will definitely appear are: "Without Casemiro, Manchester United is nothing", "We spent so much money in the summer window and still play like this", this kind of unrealistic Let’s not comment on the behavior, but the issue of Manchester United’s midfield should continue to be taken seriously. Just signing Casemiro and Eriksen seems to be far from enough, because Manchester United’s current consideration is not only about signings and supplements. Strong, and paying for past mistakes.
What has gone wrong in the United midfield in the past? Wrong assessment of the strength of the midfielder. Since Ferguson retired, Manchester United's waist injury problem has been discussed and has not been resolved. Since Manchester United signed Matic in 2017, Manchester United has only signed Matic for five years. A 40 million euro van der Beek, and how many midfielders did Manchester United leave during this period? Matic who is very good in Serie A, Pogba who went to Juventus to recuperate, Fulham's core Pereira, Lingard who went to the forest, Mata who scored 3 goals and 1 assist in Galatasaray , Visa-free joining PSG's Herrera.
In 6 years, Manchester United left a total of 6 midfielders. During Solskjaer's coaching period, Manchester United only signed Van der Beek. Eriksen has two midfielders, and they are both over 30 years old, so when you see that Manchester United can only rely on McTominay, Fred, and Sabitzer to play as a midfielder, others say that the midfielder So mediocre, it's not surprising.
The combination of Casemiro + Eriksen only filled the vacancy left by Pogba + Matic. Considering that Casemiro and Eriksen could not play more games due to uncontrollable factors, Manchester United can only rely on the original team at home. Old background: Fred + McTominay.
If you compare Manchester United's signings in various positions in the past few years: almost 1.5 seasons signed a central defender, signed a center every year, and signed a winger every year. Only the signings of midfielders and right backs are embarrassing.
The positioning of Fred + McTominay is actually very vague. They used to serve as the main force to help Manchester United win the league third and league runner-up during Solskjaer's period, but they are suitable for Solskjaer's system, but they may not be suitable for Tenen. Hahe's system, there was hope for them at the beginning of this season, but now it seems that both of their positions should be upgraded. It may be difficult for them to even qualify as Manchester United's substitutes, just like Pereira. Lem is very good as the core, but in Manchester United's system is very hip, they are not suitable for Manchester United's system.
Of course, the saddest thing is that the "Manchester Evening News" said that Manchester United hopes Xia Chuang to keep McTominay because he is the youngest of the four midfielders. McTominay is 26 years old, and the other midfielders are all over 30 years old. up. At this time, do you still think that Manchester United's midfield problem is not serious? Therefore,
캡도메인 believes that no amount of investment in the midfield during the summer window can be overstated.
