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Manchester United seems to give priority to strengthening their goalkeeper department in the last hours of the transfer window, after they have already renewed their attack.
At a certain moment in the summer United seemed ready to splash a considerable fee to improve their midfield. Carlos Baleba emerged as the dream goal of Ruben Amorim, which led to the Red Devils who held conversations with his representatives and Brighton & Hove Albion.
The seagulls gutters cold water on their plans by praising them from an immediate movement for Baleba. According to several reports, Brighton Baleba looks at the same footing with Moises Caicedo, which cost Chelsea more than £ 100 million.
The development left a lot of United fans disappointed, but Brighton’s position may have helped Amorim’s side to avoid an expensive bullet.
Why Manchester United set their sights on Baleba
The ex-sporting CP tactician mainly relies on his back three and wing backs to handle the structure and go higher on the field. As such, the two midfielders in the system usually expects them to have fewer touches, and they are usually taken into action when the side is out of possession.
Accordingly, United focused on Baleba, who has the engine to roam the field, plays on the front foot and is aggressive in his challenges. With the ball on his feet, the Cameroonian things keeps simple and rarely plays line -breaking steps.
In an ideal Amorim -Middenveld, Baleba’s profile is logical. However, the presence of Bruno Fernandes in the double pivot means that United’s potential record spending on the Brighton gem would have done little to tackle the striking problems that teasing Amorim’s regime.
The big Bruno problem
In Fernandes, Amorim has a midfielder who is able to play quickly and create openings with limited accents. However, the Hollywood approach of the Portuguese Maestro often leaves the two-man midfield of United in trouble.
He could afford to be adventurous and lose the ball as a number 10, but United is often left extraordinary and vulnerable when he plays the same. Unfortunately for the team, Fernandes is unable to change acceleration.
United usually defends in a 5-2-3 form. Although this ensures that there are many bodies in the line of defense, the form attacking team can have a midfielder or two for free on the edge of the box.
Fernandes lacks the defensive nous to recognize such dangers, making the backline vulnerable against late runs, as can see during the equal purpose of Fulham.
Why Man United should look somewhere else
It is reasonable to assume that the united skipper was not stripped despite his follies. As such, the current iteration of the midfield of United screams for a controller instead of a workhorse such as Baleba.
In addition to Fernandes, United needs a midfielder who can slow things down and make the right passes, and at the same time defend large spaces in transition and tracklopers in the regular game.
Baleba is certainly an upgrade about the current options of United, but if he had moved to Old Trafford with a price tag of £ 100 million on his head, fans and experts would have demanded the 22-year-old to check all the boxes, in and out, intensifying pressure and control.
Accordingly, United should explore the market for a more well -completed option, and that at a reasonable price, so that Amorim can tackle problems in the short term that are accompanied by Fernandes in midfield.
In that respect, Sander Berge is a realistic target. The Norwegian has been on the Radar of United Scouts in recent years and Amorim witnessed his quality in London last week.
Berge was everywhere for Fulham against United, regularly the visitors and recycling own for the hosts.
Berge stands on 6’5 ″ and has physicality and athletics to partner Fernandes. Furthermore, the 27-year-old compliments earned from people like Vincent Kompany for his eye for a pass and ball treaty.
Last season only recorded three players Better last sucp percentage of the third pass In the Premier League (200+ passes) then Berge.
Fulham spent a first £ 20 million to sign him from Burnley last summer. As such, it may not be much necessary to take the cottagers to the negotiating table before Monday’s deadline.
As soon as Amorim succeeds in stabilizing and drawing the ship that its united side is able to play in the way Sporting did, Ineos can do everything to enable a midfielder to bring his project to the next level.
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