4 Things To Be Done In January Transfer Window For Manchester United

Manchester United are well known for their Slow Starts to a season but this year under the new management of Moyes United have managed just 2 wins in the 5 games and having won just a single point against their rivals Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester city. Fair enough to say looking at the performances a lot need to be changed in the Squad to keep up to the level of Manchester City or chelsea this season.

Out of the Top 6 clubs it seems like Manchester United are the only one who have a made a fiasco out of the Summer transfer window.Arsenal looked revived with the coming of Ozil whereas Liverpool have made some right Transfer making them look all the way much stronger. United Managed to buy Fellaini a very much needed addition to United squad but only one player will not suffice. The Red Devils might have won the League last season with almost the same team but this year already looks like it wont be enough Especially with the long standing poor form of certain players.

So what are the changes that are necessary this January at Old Trafford? Lets have a look:

1. An Established Center back: Yes, the squad may have Vidic and Rio as defenders but they are not getting any younger. Rio's Persistent back problem doesn't allow him to lunge into tackles and certainly was visible in the derby embarrassment in Etihad last week. The pair may survive another year at most and United will have to search for replacement especially because Evans, Jones and Smalling are still to establish themselves as strong Defenders.
Potential targets: Subotic (Borussia Dortmund) , Matt Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Garay (Benifica)

2. A Brand New Left Wing: Patrice Evra has been outstanding in his forward runs throughout last season and te new one as well, but sadly forward runs is not the main trait to look forward to in a left back. Over the past 2-3 seasons Evra's defensive positioning has been horrendous and has let to opposition wingers to make a mickey out of him. We have in us Buttner and Fabio but as of now they are too young to play regularly and in important games. Solution? buy an Established left back how can stay good for two-three years until Buttner and Fabio take over. May not be by january but definitely by next summer transfer we need to have a good strong defensively capable left back.

That would be the first half of Left Wing Revival, the second half would as most of United fans would agree ill be to offload young. Ashley young's promising start to United career has turned into an horror show from the past season. As if the Poor form weren't enough his weird sense of seeing the green football field as a swimming pool has let most of Footballing world in disarray and has made him a villian in front of his own fans. His starts for United this season has been nothing short of disaster and automatically put him in the list of Manchester United's worst Transfer signings. It is High time the Premier League Champions to have a proper winger who can well... cross and trouble the opposition. United Would much better off employing Nani/ Kagawa in the left wings.

Potential Left back targets: Leighton Baines (Everton)
Potential Left Winger Targets: Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund).

3. Getting it Right on the Right: There was a time When Valencia Would burst through the Right Wing display his physicality and go through the Left back of the opposition and then provide the perfect Cross to the striker for the finish. It was these traits that won him fans Player of the year and the number 7 jersey not two seasons ago. But seems like all that is long lost in the present Valencia. The Ecuadorian winger  seems to have lost the plot at playing the winger. Maybe it was the pressure of the no7 that got into him or maybe it was because the defenders understood him perfectly now whatever it was it is all gone wrong for the player and as well as for United. Maybe he deserves a few more chances but certainly those chances aren't to be given in the big games. Starting Valencia and Young together has meant nothing but Doom for the Red Devils and if Valencia doesn't improve in the coming games the probably he too should be offloaded and replaced with a more non classical right winger who can cut inside into the box or go wide and provide the cross.Zaha Awaits to be Unleashed and there is also Nani who can be deployed should Valencia never find his form again.


4.  Strengthen the Middle part: Fellaini signing was a much needed addition to the midfield which would seems lost when Carrick and Cleverley were employed together.  Ever Since Darren Fletcher went out with his bowel Disease United have been struggling in the midfield and especially against big teams. Carrick has been consistent and has done his job to perfection but he was no where to be midfielder having Creativity and ball winning ability. Cleverley too was siilar kind to Carrick and starting them together might have worked once or twice but in the long run it was bound to fail. Fellaini in that sense  has been the right signing for United. But is just having Fellaini Enough? No it isn't. Cleverley has been average player and of United are dominate the midfield it certainly not going to be enough. Anderson has the creativity but he seems to be excelling only on his chosen days and is very much injury prone player. So even with Fellaini the Red devils are left with only two dependable midfielders and that is certainly a problem. Come January there is definitely a need to add one more midfielder to the stack and also probably offload Anderson so that he can get his playing time elsewhere.

Potential Midfield Targets: Herrera (Athletico Bilbao) , Alex Song (Barcelona).



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