Gary Neville has praised Erik ten Hag, claiming that Cristiano Ronaldo should have to accept a new role under the new manager at the club in the wake of four successive substitute appearances.
18.08.2022 - 20:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester United are reportedly considering a loan offer for Chelsea's Christian Pulisic, with the winger being the latest name linked with Erik ten Hag's side.
With United still looking to add to their squad this summer, it seems a new name is being linked with the Reds each day, this time Chelsea's Pulisic, with the Blues reportedly open to letting the winger leave on loan. With the future of Cristiano Ronaldo uncertain, Marcus Rashford underperforming and the jury still out on Anthony Martial, a new attacking arrival looks likely for United this summer.
According to The Athletic, Pulisic is frustrated with a lack of game time at Chelsea, with the Blues willing to listen to any loan offers they receive this summer. The 23-year-old moved to Stamford Bridge from Borussia Dortmund for £58m in 2019, but is still to consistently perform under Thomas Tuchel.
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So, if Ten Hag was to sign Pulisic on a one-year loan deal, how could the American international perform? Could he improve United?
To set up this simulation, we used the Football Manager 2022 editor to arrange for the Chelsea winger to join United on a season-long loan, using FM22 to run the simulation. We also updated United's squad with the latest transfers and the Premier League with the latest results.
Pulisic struggled in his loan spell at United, with the winger becoming a rotation player under Ten Hag. The 23-year-old made 17 starts and a further 14 appearances off the bench, scoring just four goals and assisting five in that time.
Interestingly, Pulisic started fewer games for United than any of his three seasons at Chelsea, despite moving away for more game time. He was poor in front of goal,
Gary Neville has praised Erik ten Hag, claiming that Cristiano Ronaldo should have to accept a new role under the new manager at the club in the wake of four successive substitute appearances.
Cristiano Ronaldo's record against Arsenal shows exactly why the Manchester United forward should start for Erik ten Hag this Sunday. Ronaldo was named on the United bench again against Leicester on Thursday night, as the Reds went on to win 1-0 over the Foxes thanks to Jadon Sancho's second goal of the season.
Manchester United will reflect on a satisfactory transfer window, after the signings of Antony and Martin Dubravka late in the summer transfer period gave Erik ten Hag what he wanted.
Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic insists that his side had no plans to sign Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo during the summer transfer window, though he did speak with agent Jorge Mendes regularly.
Rio Ferdinand believes that Cristiano Ronaldo will stay at Manchester United this summer as he doesn't think there are any clubs that can afford to pay his wages.
Napoli manager Lucciano Spalletti has stated that Victor Osimhen will not leave the club for Manchester United this summer as he 'wants to play Champions League football'.
Rio Ferdinand has claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo will be fuming with his current role at Manchester United.
These are your Manchester United morning headlines for Wednesday, August 24.
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