Olaleye Idowu
Former Manchester United midfielder, Hargreaves, has revealed that his old club should have signed a central midfield player before bringing in the likes of Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo during the summer transfer window.
According to Hargreaves, a new central midfielder would have solved a lot of issues for the Red Devils.
Recall that Man United failed to sign a central midfielder during the summer transfer window despite their interest in Brighton’s Carlos Baleba.
They ended up signing the likes of Cunha, Mbeumo, Benjamin Sesko and Senne Lammens.
“Bruno is their best player by a country mile, then they go and sign two no. 10s to play in his position,” Hargreaves told TNT Sports.
“And he has to play as a defensive midfield player, almost. I appreciate that you needed more goals; they [United] have thought that more goals will get us higher up the table than, say, a world-class goalkeeper.
“But actually, you have the best no. 10 in the division with Cole Palmer, and you drop him [deeper] because you want someone to play through midfield because you have Cunha and Mbeumo.
“So why didn’t you just sign a central midfield player to play there and let Bruno do his thing with Cunha? Then a goalkeeper. It would have fixed a lot of issues.”
