Wenger: United four players away from challenging for everything


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.

From his punditry tonight:

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.