Weeks after acknowledging that Manchester United needed a deeper team to fight for trophies, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Friday that he was satisfied with the players at his disposal even though the club signed only one signing for this season.
United head to the final days of the movement window with an arrival in the form of Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek.
Meanwhile, United’s big rivals, such as Chelsea and Manchester City, have passed much of this window, while Premier League champion Liverpool have also been active in recent weeks to join Thiago Alcantara and Diogo Jota.
There has been a significant drop in quality between Solskjaer’s starting team and their replacements in the final months of last season, United’s coach has slightly replaced his lineup.
However, Solskjaer said he had replaced him and that “there is a goal festival now” on his current team.
“Of course, last season’s performances didn’t justify me giving too many (opportunities) because I think the 11, 12, thirteen players who played well deserved to play more,” Solskjaer said Friday, just three more days before the market. closed. ” And that means when you’re not playing, you don’t have the shape and sharpness to knock on the door and get on the team.
“I think it’s another situation now after two games. I saw a lot of other players who didn’t play too much last season playing really well. “
Solskjaer said in April, when the league was suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, that a club as rich as United could “exploit” the movement market due to monetary uncertainty of the game.
“My formulas, blocking — “exploding” — was a bad word from me, ” said Solskjaer. “I didn’t mean it that way. I tried to say that there may be clubs and players who have to move because of the stage and that can be attractive to us.
“So far, there have been no such situations. We’ve lost a lot of money, just like the clubs. “
United, who were strongly connected to the winger of Borussia Dortmund Jadon Sancho, the Premier League season with a home defeat to Crystal Palace and needed a penalty in the 10th minute of the time off last weekend to beat Brighton 3-2, who hit Brighton fifth.
United receives Tottenham on Sunday.
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