Manchester United can sell 15 players: Casemiro is finished and replacing David de Gea with André Onana was a 'calamitous' mistake
I wouldn't be disappointed if Manchester United sold 15 players this summer; we need to make massive changes, a big reform.
The player profiles are not correct. If you give pep guardiola This team is not going to have a tough time like Manchester City. If you give Jurgen Klopp In this team they are not going to press high, dominate possession and create many opportunities.
If you dismiss Ten Hag and bring Thomas Tuchel either Roberto De Zerbi, they have a certain style of football that doesn't suit these players either. It's always about the players, we have to change them.
There is a core group of players that we should definitely keep: there is Lisandro Martínez, who has been injured all season, Luke Shaw and Diogo Dalot, who has had a good season.
Bruno Fernández is another. He hasn't had a great season, but when he's not on the team they are even worse!
There are others that I would give a chance, like bricklayer assembly and Andre Onana, I think they should be given another chance.
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Younger players like it Alejandro Garnacho, Rasmus Hojlund and Kobbie Mainoo They should be in an environment that protects and cares for them, but they are hanging out to dry. They are expected to move to Crystal Palace and be the focal point of that team.
If you look back at the Class of '92, those young players were playing with players like Eric Cantona, Roy KeanePeter Schmeichel, but now there is no protection, there is no seniority in manchester united at the moment.
Those three players are 100 percent players I would keep and develop for the future.
But it is not a very long list, the players I would keep. We need a cleanup.
Gaia/Onana's calamitous mistake
Look, it's still the first season of Onana. If you remember how he was at Ajax and Inter Milan, his distribution is very good and he was one of the best goalkeepers in Europe.
Man United haven't been able to play that way this year due to centre-back injuries, we don't play with a libero goalkeeper so they haven't really been able to show their best skills.
But as a basic goalkeeper I have said it all season, I don't have much faith.
Positioning, ability to crouch, covering the front post – these are basic goalkeeper skills that David De Gea was much better at.
I think it was a mistake to get rid of De Gea, I think we did it a year before.
You just have to hope that Onana in the second year improves his basic goalkeeping skills and we become a team that really plays from the back, because then you will see an improvement in him.
But there are problems there.
Casemiro is a 'great' but he needs to leave
It's strange. Casemiro has been one of the best players in his position over the last decade and was very good at Manchester United last season, but in recent weeks there has been almost an indifference to his game.
The way he took the penalty (against Coventry in the FA Cup semi-final) and just kicked it down the middle, trying to run the ball against Crystal Palace, diving into the tackle as the last man, the header against Burnley when he tried. to return it to a crowded penalty area.
We lost that game and we would have won it if he hadn't, so in fact he is costing us goals and points and he earns £300,000 a week. Is not sufficient!
I really like it casemiro, but I wouldn't expect this from him. He was captain on Monday night (in the 4-0 defeat to Palace) and his banner is on the pitch. People are right to denounce it.
In my opinion, he is still a great player; This doesn't change what he did for real Madrid – And he also played well for Brazil in the World Cup.
But he plays in the Premier League and is much faster than other leagues, the Champions League and international football.
I'm not saying he's better or not, but he's much faster and for players like Casemiro he's too fast for him, even if he plays out of position.
I don't think it's damaging his reputation, but it's certainly damaging Man United at the moment.
He will be a high priority player moving forward due to the way he plays and his salary.
myembarrassing seasonbut it's not over
I'm not surprised Chelsea Now they are above Manchester United.
They've had a terrible season but I think United, Chelsea and even Newcastle are very similar in many ways – they're not in a position where they can excel, it's quite embarrassing.
All three clubs have had major injury problems and I think Tottenham and Aston Villa have been lucky that those three clubs have underperformed.
But what is happening now is that Chelsea and Newcastle have managed to eliminate teams that can get results, they predominantly have a back four and a midfield; Manchester United doesn't have that.
we have had an injury Johnny EvansCasemiro, Aaron Wan-Bissaka at left back, Christian Eriksen It doesn't seem to be close to level anymore.
There isn't much between the teams, but Chelsea and Newcastle have found a way to form a team that really has a structure, that has been the difference in recent weeks.
I think all three of them have had really forgettable seasons, but if you can get that last spot in the Europa League at least you can salvage something.
But Man United will not be in the league, we are not going to finish above Chelsea or Newcastle.
So it will all come down to the FA Cup final… against Manchester City.