Olaleye Idowu
Manchester United legend, Nicky Butt, has said that former Red Devils boss, Sir Alex Ferguson would not have wasted any time in signing Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze.
Manchester United’s midfield is yelling out for an enforcer with the Red Devils 13th in the league, a massive drop from last season’s eighth position with about 15 games to go.
The Red Devils are only able to gather 29 points from 24 games in the Premier League so far.
They were expected to improve after sacking Erik ten Hag, however, new boss Ruben Amorim has failed to rejuvenate their form since joining from Sporting CP in November 2024.
Butt, in an interview with Stadium Astro, he responded to the question on the Red Devils’ current situation in the Premier League.
“As much as I love Manchester United, they don’t have a God-given right to win trophies. It’s a big project.
“They’re not going to get in 10 players this summer and challenge next season, it’s just not going to happen.
“United don’t have that core group so they need to get the chequebook out and sign these £80 million players that they used to.
“The lad at Crystal Palace, Eze, if it was around ten years ago [when Sir Alex Ferguson was the boss] United would have put a £70 million to £80 million bid and taken that boy.
“They can’t do it now because they haven’t got the power and that’s the scariest thing.”
The 26-year-old Eze, now an England international, has scored 32 goals and provided 23 assists in 149 overall outings for Crystal Palace since joining them from Queens Park Rangers in 2020.
Butt played 387 overall games for Manchester United under Ferguson.
