McFred was previously the sign of how far Manchester United were from mounting a title challenge, but the infamous duo are now critical to their chances of winning the Premier League, writes willfordy25.
Scholes in November 2020“They were playing as centre halves not central midfield players. There was a lack of fight, a lack of spirit, a lack of determination to get balls into the box, to create chances like you’d expect with 10 minutes to go.”after Fred and McTominay were given the runaround by Brighton:Scholes, of course, wasn’t alone in deploring the midfield anchor of Fred and McTominay – the head shaking was almost universal among the amorphous blob of Manchester United pundits.
He looked particularly good against Everton, scoring his first Premier League goal of the season having been given license to get forward by Erik ten Hag. And those driving runs of his, previously the cause of much anguish in the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer era, aren’t such a problem in a team now tactically astute enough to cover for him.
There are reports that because of Financial Fair Play regulations, the Glazers’ sticky feet, or both,. And given they absolutely need a striker, and whichever striker they choose will cost close to nine figures, the departures will need to be significant. Even if United had the wherewithal to buy a new £60m midfielder, whoever that is won’t be happy with a bit-part role, and having seemingly got a handle on the delicate dressing room dynamic at Old Trafford, Ten Hag will be loath to disrupt it.
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