* United’s current recruitment hierarchy – led by Jason Wilcox and Christopher Vivell with Carrick and others feeding in – at least seem **to recognise that central midfield is the club’s oldest problem and will handicap progress until it is fixed.**
* **the priority this summer is to overhaul the midfield.**
* As a minimum United will need two midfield recruits
* **Carrick is actively involved in recruiting the kind of all-seeing central midfielder** that has coincidentally – and bafflingly – eluded the club since he arrived in Manchester as Roy Keane’s replacement back in 2006.
* Nottingham Forest’s **Elliot Anderson is greatly admired but costly and Manchester City would appear to be the early frontrunners** for the England midfielder.
* **Sandro Tonali** at Newcastle United has his admirers and **Adam Wharton,** of Crystal Palace, is a dynamic, line-breaking passer and **probably the cheapest option.**
* Beyond that trio, United have previously enquired about Brighton’s **Carlos Baleba** through third parties, **Joao Gomes** is expected to leave Wolves and **Mateus Fernandes** is earning a burgeoning reputation and may see his price fall should West Ham get relegated.
* All have Premier League experience, **although several midfielders in Spain are also thought to be on United’s radar.**
you-might_know-me on
idk man, our manager was a pretty good no.6
genevatakemehome on
Huh, so ig Carrick played cricket in that case
The_Mayor_Involved on
So absolutely nothing new then.
malin7 on
Is Casemiro not a 6?
WittyMan92 on
What was Casemiro then? I know he had a bad season but he was a top 6 for at least some of his time here.
pheonixfryre on
We’ve had Matic, Carrick and Casemiro over the last 20 years though?
silky_skills_35 on
I like the Spanish angle.
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PitchSafe on
I wonder who the Spanish midfielders are
1900hotdog on
The problem is there are only a handful of elite 6’s in the world most of the time. It’s not for lack of trying either, but it’s been an ongoing issue for sure.
jhf2112 on
If we could get hold of Gomes and Wharton for less than £100m total that’d be great. Both good players and it’d let us address weak spots like LW/LB as well without breaking the bank.
TheSwordDusk on
Except we have one at the moment. Not for much longer but to call Casemiro in this form anything but a top no 6 seems blasphemous. One of the midfield greats of our time in a rich vein of form and a huge reason for our success this season
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# Club eyes summer midfield overhaul
* United’s current recruitment hierarchy – led by Jason Wilcox and Christopher Vivell with Carrick and others feeding in – at least seem **to recognise that central midfield is the club’s oldest problem and will handicap progress until it is fixed.**
* **the priority this summer is to overhaul the midfield.**
* As a minimum United will need two midfield recruits
* **Carrick is actively involved in recruiting the kind of all-seeing central midfielder** that has coincidentally – and bafflingly – eluded the club since he arrived in Manchester as Roy Keane’s replacement back in 2006.
* Nottingham Forest’s **Elliot Anderson is greatly admired but costly and Manchester City would appear to be the early frontrunners** for the England midfielder.
* **Sandro Tonali** at Newcastle United has his admirers and **Adam Wharton,** of Crystal Palace, is a dynamic, line-breaking passer and **probably the cheapest option.**
* Beyond that trio, United have previously enquired about Brighton’s **Carlos Baleba** through third parties, **Joao Gomes** is expected to leave Wolves and **Mateus Fernandes** is earning a burgeoning reputation and may see his price fall should West Ham get relegated.
* All have Premier League experience, **although several midfielders in Spain are also thought to be on United’s radar.**
idk man, our manager was a pretty good no.6
Huh, so ig Carrick played cricket in that case
So absolutely nothing new then.
Is Casemiro not a 6?
What was Casemiro then? I know he had a bad season but he was a top 6 for at least some of his time here.
We’ve had Matic, Carrick and Casemiro over the last 20 years though?
I like the Spanish angle.
In today’s news:
First up we have a breaking story from last year!
Followed later by more earth shattering news on that other news!
But that’s not all !! We will catch up with the story of the 12 months preceding this month.
That’s not all in this jam packed news bulletin, ground busting stories from last month too!!!
It just never stops here at NeverendingNews!
I wonder who the Spanish midfielders are
The problem is there are only a handful of elite 6’s in the world most of the time. It’s not for lack of trying either, but it’s been an ongoing issue for sure.
If we could get hold of Gomes and Wharton for less than £100m total that’d be great. Both good players and it’d let us address weak spots like LW/LB as well without breaking the bank.
Except we have one at the moment. Not for much longer but to call Casemiro in this form anything but a top no 6 seems blasphemous. One of the midfield greats of our time in a rich vein of form and a huge reason for our success this season