Gary Neville has admitted he was silent about the Glazers when he was a Manchester United player due to being a club employee.
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Despite spending more than £200million on new additions during the summer transfer window, it is the free signing of Christian Eriksen that has proven to be Manchester United's best piece of business so far.
The Denmark international joined United after turning down the offer of a new contract at Premier League counterparts Brentford. Eriksen had joined the Bees in January on a short-term deal until the end of last season and made a telling impression, less than a year after suffering a cardiac arrest at the European Championship.
Several clubs were linked with signing the 30-year-old, including his former club Tottenham Hotspur, but it was United that won the race for his signature. Initially, it was a signing that attracted plenty of debate, given that United, in Bruno Fernandes, already had a seasoned attacking-midfielder on their books.
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It appeared that Eriksen had been added to Erik ten Hag's squad to challenge the Portuguese international and compete with him for a regular starting berth in the No.10 position. However, the United manager has quickly discovered a new role that the former Brentford man is equally as capable of shining in.
The former Inter Milan midfielder has made himself at home in the free-roaming No.8 position, acting as the link man between the defensive-midfield and attacking-midfield positions. He has been a class act in United's recent outings, shining in the back-to-back home fixtures against Arsenal and Real Sociedad recently.
But Eriksen's performances will have come as no great surprise to former United captain Gary Neville, who correctly predicted, speaking back in May, that the Dane had the
Gary Neville has admitted he was silent about the Glazers when he was a Manchester United player due to being a club employee.
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