Merson: It's a lazy move for United not to chase Conte, and they should identify a new manager as soon as possible

Live bar January 5 News In the 21st round of the Premier League, Manchester United lost 0-1 to Wolves at Old Trafford, and Lonnick's 4-2-2-2 formation highlighted the shortcomings in this game. English football star Paul Merson has his opinion on the current situation of Manchester United...

My view of Manchester United has not changed, it has been so from the beginning. They have their own plans, they have known Sancho for a long time, chasing the England wingers because they want to play fast and energetic counter-attack football, but the plan got out of hand after signing Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronnick's 4-2-2-2 formation features two midfielders who are required to have very large coverage and be able to play against the opponent's four players. Honestly, McTominay is United's best player, but Nemanja Matic can no longer run around the pitch. Against Wolves, the Manchester United midfield was completely suppressed, with Neves and Moutinho stealing the limelight at Old Trafford.

United don't have any plans, the players play as much as they want on the pitch, they just go their separate ways. I know people would say That United hit the frame and Jose Sa made a really good save, but United should definitely create more chances in one game than twice, and they're playing at home.

Looking at the games United have played before, they did win, but it was really frightening. Against Norwich, United relied on Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty to win 1-0, but Norwich should have had a better result in that game; United had a lot of luck in the draw with Newcastle; as for the victory over Burnley, how lucky was United in that game?

Against Wolves, United looked like it would be difficult to score goals. We all know Wolves' defence is good, but United's performance is a hundred and eighteen thousand miles away from their opponents.

Everyone is saying that Lonnick is the right person to coach Manchester United, but he has never worked with these players before, he has not coached a player of this level.

I think United have been lazy and they have taken the simple approach of not accepting the official manager. Manchester United are the biggest club in the world, they need to do something, and appointing a coach who has only been in charge of the team for 6 months is a "lazy approach".

United need to break into the top four and should also break into the top four, but the current way is not working. United have a good staffing and have brought in some good players, but the way they play hasn't left much of an impression.

After United sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, they could have invited Conte to join, but eventually the Italian joined Tottenham. Looking at Tottenham Tottenham today, Manchester United was really lazy not to chase Conte at that time.

United were able to get a manager with huge sums of money, they brought in wingers for £70 million to £80 million, and they offered players a weekly salary of £300,000 to £400,000. At any club, the manager is very important and we've seen what happened after Chelsea got Tuchel last season.

In my opinion, you're not going to win anything without a proper manager. United need to act as soon as possible!

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