Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said Manchester United don’t have the requisite amount of talents in their squad to challenge for all titles. Wenger: United four players away from challenging for everything.
Manchester United made three major signings in the summer, with 21-year-olds Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James arriving alongside Harry Maguire, who joined for a world-record fee for a defender.
Despite the signings, a number of departures at Old Trafford has left Solskjaer’s squad looking thin in some areas. Wenger: United four players away from challenging for everything.
RB: Is Manchester United is a poison job? The squad they have is not ready, not good enough, but the expectations are so high. Nobody can do it.
AW: No. Manchester United is a dream job for any manager. At least, any manager with courage and confidence. Yes, they need – in my opinion – 4 first team players. But around those players, I see a squad that is capable of challenging. They aren’t as far away as people think.
RB: They won on penalties against a tadpole!
AW: The team have no pattern of play, no pattern of pressing. There is a team there, but it needs to be coached and developed. Like I said, 4 players and they can be challengers. For everything.
RB: You know the 4?
AW: I cannot name them. It would be headlines everywhere. I know them. They lack creativity, flair, players that can expose the defence consistently through dribbling ability and speed. Now it is too horizontal. Side to side. Backwards. Nobody to beat a defender and force chaos, force a one-on-one. They need an overlapping full-back. They need a destroyer. 4 players.
RB: You said a coach needs courage and confidence to do the job. Is that you? You seem to have the ideas. (laughing)
AW: Like I said, Manchester United is a dream job. For any coach. I have confidence, I have courage…and you’re right, I have ideas.
