Manager Erik ten Hag believes Manchester United want so as to add to their placing choices within the January switch window to make sure they’ve sufficient cowl for the busy second half of the marketing campaign.
Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford each scored within the 3-0 mid-week win over Nottingham Forest to indicate there are nonetheless loads of targets within the United squad after Cristiano Ronaldo’s exit, however Ten Hag is aware of the dearth of depth in his group.
With a fixture rush coming as golf equipment make up for misplaced time after the winter World Cup, that is a matter the United boss is eager to deal with.
“I think we have a squad, we have players who are matching our criteria,” he stated. “But all the games are coming. It’s a tough competition, in all the leagues, we want to be also in all the leagues and keep playing in all the leagues and in the cups as well.
“So we want gamers and we want numbers to cowl. So we want good gamers, not simply the numbers, we want high quality gamers to cowl. And additionally we want competitors and we have to know additionally that we are able to make tactical selections.
“So we are looking for the right player for our squad, but it has to match our sporting criteria, definitely, but also some financial criteria.”
United had been eager on signing Cody Gapko in the summertime, however the Netherlands ahead has as an alternative joined rivals Liverpool from PSV Eindhoven.
And after spending £225 million ($271 million) in the summertime, United could have to look to the mortgage market slightly than making a everlasting signing.
Alejandro Garnacho as soon as once more made an affect from the bench on Tuesday to counsel he can have a higher function to play within the second half of the marketing campaign.
The 18-year-old has contributed three targets and three assists in 13 appearances so far this season and Ten Hag, who takes his facet to Wolves on Saturday, is hoping to see extra.
“In the offensive department, we need players coming from the bench to have an impact on the game – whether you need a goal, or save when you are leading, you can go for counter-attacks or, at least, keep the win on your side,” he stated.
Tuesday’s sport additionally noticed a primary Premier League begin of the season for Aaron Wan-Bissaka, whose solely earlier league involvement got here as a late substitute towards Liverpool in August.
But, having performed 72 minutes of the League Cup win over Burnley final week, the right-back accomplished the complete 90 towards Forest.
Seemingly sidelined, the 25-year-old, signed from Crystal Palace for £50 million in 2019, had been linked with a transfer away in January, however Ten Hag urged he can nonetheless have a future at Old Trafford.
“First you have to be on the pitch and the first half of the season he was either injured or ill, so he didn’t have a role in the squad,” he stated.
“So I think the break was good for him. He returned, he was in the training camp in Spain and could play some games in preparation of the restart and now he’s playing two games and he’s doing really well, so I’m happy with his performance. But we need competition in the squad.”
