Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will need at least £1bn to properly overhaul Manchester United’s current squad. According to former Celtic and Bakcburn player Chris Sutton, the Red Devils will have to spend that big an amount if they wish to catch up with City and Liverpool.
United suffered a 2-0 defeat to West Ham on the weekend, inviting criticism aimed at the desire of players during the game.
“How much would Manchester United have to spend to stand a chance of competing with Manchester City and Liverpool? I came to the conclusion it would take more than a billion pounds. Seriously,” Sutton said.
“With Paul Pogba out injured, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fielded a midfield two of Scott McTominay and Nemanja Matic at West Ham. I’m not sure that is even top-10 worthy.”
“In attack, they had Andreas Pereira, Juan Mata and Daniel James behind Marcus Rashford. Mata has been a fantastic footballer over the years but he is a passenger at No 10 now.”
“Pereira and James are development players. The latter in particular has potential but at 21 and being so new to the Premier League, he is bound to be inconsistent.”
“After failing to replace Romelu Lukaku, there is pressure on Anthony Martial and Rashford.”
“Martial’s best season was when he scored 11 goals in the top flight in 2015-16. Rashford’s best was 10 last season, and he was forced off injured on Sunday.”
“To compete for the big trophies you need big players and United don’t have those.”
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