Good signing, but I don't think its very realistic Josh 
Some great updates btw, I'm really looking forward to this story
Some great updates btw, I'm really looking forward to this story
Gary Neville: Manchester United need a 'world class signing' to bring back the fear factor of old.
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville believes that Manchester United need a 'world class' signing to bring back their fear factor.
The former Manchester United defender says that his former club must bring in someone with incredible talent along the lines of Cristiano Ronaldo or Angel Di Maria as the current squad lacks a player of their quality. However, he warns his old club that they should make sure that the squad is fully balanced from attack to defence.
The club have already brought in three players this transfer window so far, with Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo all joining the club for a combined total of 75 million pounds, but Neville has said that this is not enough to fully rebuild a great squad like Manchester United's as the players signed are more for the future.
"The players van Gaal has brought in all have amazing potential, but a team like Manchester United shouldn't be fully focusing on the future as they need to get back into the top four this season, meaning that they should be looking at more established players along the lines of Ronaldo and Di Maria as they can make a real difference to the team straight away."
"I'd like to see van Gaal break the bank for one of those types of players as United have not really splashed the cash on a player like them in a long time. Even though the philosophy of Manchester United is to really not splash the cash on foreign players, in this situation, the philosophy has to be broken or United will simply to achieve their goals this season."
Neville has also highlighted that signing a world class player would give Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie more competition as Neville believes that they are only the two world class players in the United team, and adding a possible third could be the confidence boost needed for both of them to perform well each week as he thinks that they have become less interested as they know they will be picked each game.
Rooney(left) and van Persie(right) formed a great partnership in United's 2012/13 title winning season.
Neville also believes that van Gaal should 'not bother' with his 3-5-2 formation which worked effectively in Brazil as the pace and intensity of the Premier League is too much for that particular formation to handle. He thinks that having no cover for the wing-backs is a disaster waiting to happen as teams can exploit the wings and destroy United's defence.
"Playing formations like 3-5-2 is a sin in the Premier League. It's like offering the opposition a free chance to exploit the wings with every attack they make. You need extraordinary full-backs to play that wing-back role and I just don't think Rafael and Luke Shaw would be up to the task of continuously running up and down the wings."
"It's also a total mismatch with many teams now playing a 4-2-3-1, as the 4 attacking players can destroy the back 3 of United if the wing-backs have pushed up too much. I could be proven wrong if van Gaal decides to use this formation and it is a success, but at a club like Manchester United, you cannot take that kind of risk."
United still have time to make a few more signings, and with a huge transfer budget apparently available to van Gaal, he would be wise to use as much of it as possible to get the right players to make the impact needed at Manchester United, ones who can lead them back up into the top four of the Premier League.
