Signings impress but squad issues remain – learnings from Man Utd's summer
Positives, negatives and areas to address urgently – how are Michael Carrick’s Manchester United shaping up now pre-season is over?
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Napoli dodged the Norwegian basement clubs and still got Arsenal and City—that's how you know the draw gods are real. • England's got five teams in the pot and somehow that feels like both too many and not enough. • Sheffield United poaching an Arsenal midfielder is the kind of move that makes you wonder what they offered that actually worked. • Liverpool spending £120m on Barcola while Gakpo sweats is peak FSG—upgrade the headline, ignore the wreckage. • McGinn admitting he was wrong about Tielemans is fine, but the real question is whether United finally bought a midfielder who can actually pass.
Napoli dodged the Norwegian basement clubs and still got Arsenal and City—that's how you know the draw gods are real. • England's got five teams in the pot and somehow that feels like both too many and not enough. • Sheffield United poaching an Arsenal midfielder is the kind of move that makes you wonder what they offered that actually worked. • Liverpool spending £120m on Barcola while Gakpo sweats is peak FSG—upgrade the headline, ignore the wreckage. • McGinn admitting he was wrong about Tielemans is fine, but the real question is whether United finally bought a midfielder who can actually pass.
