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da premier bet： Sir Alex Ferguson has stated that Manchester United do not need to spend big this summer to try and win back the Premier League title as the club’s youngsters have gained another years experience making the squad stronger as a whole.
Does the Old Trafford chief really have that much faith in his youngster, or is it just a case of having no money to spend on big name players?
Wesley Sneijder was just one of the world’s stars to be linked with a move to the Red Devils this summer, but Ferguson was quick to quash the rumours of such a deal taking place:
“I don’t know where those reports about Sneijder came from. How can anybody turn me down when I haven’t even made a bid?”
“I believe the squad is stronger than last season with the younger players having another year under their belts.” (Daily Mail)
The Old Trafford outfit certainly do have some promising young players amongst their ranks such as Darron Gibson, Federico Macheda, Chris Smalling, Javier Hernandez, Gabriel Obertan, Fabio da Silva and Rafael da Silva.
Rafael has already established himself in the Manchester United first team to an extent after making 28 appearances for the club last season and did a fantastic job against Franck Ribery during the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich at Old Trafford (although everyone defended well against him during France’s dismal World Cup campaign), but Rafa was eventually sent off in that game albeit is slightly unfairly as the Bayern players were guilty fair amount of imaginary card waving to the referee throughout the game.
Gibson also impressed over last season and scored five goals in his 23 appearances from midfield and many Manchester United fans wanted to see more of the likes of Federico Macheda last season, particularly when Wayne Rooney was injured and Dimitar Berbatov continued to frustrate.
However, would a slight improvement on a handful of players be enough for Manchester United to try and reclaim the Premier League title?
Rooney did a lot to shoulder the burden after the departures of both Crisitano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez last season and it would be a huge ask for him to repeat that feat again next season. Even if he does manage to be as prolific the club still don’t have that goal scoring midfielder like Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool have with Frank Lampard, Cesc Fabregas and Steven Gerrard respectively. These sorts of players are vital to share some of the burden, which a team like Chelsea have done quite successfully in previous seasons.
Even though Manchester United received a world-record £80m fee the Glazer family have run up debts at the club which BBC’s Panorama claimed last month to be around £1.1b after borrowing extensively against their shopping mall business, so I think the fact that United have no money to spend (despite what they claim) is more of a reason they cannot spend this summer than there young players being that much better after one more year’s experience.
With Manchester City continuing to spend and Chelsea looking to build on their title winning campaign should Manchester United fans be concerned that their club is not seeking to bolster their squad, or is their current squad good enough to win major honours?
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