United have loaned Anthony Martial to Sevilla, and Jesse Lingard may have left in the winter window, but nothing has been done so far in terms of reinforcements. Should we be recruited? Of course, and the back is a top priority, and it's Lonnick's request, but there's not much time left for the Red Devils.
5 big targets for the back, 9 data PK
Looking at various media reports, Manchester United's reinforcement targets in the back position are mainly 5: West Ham United's Rice, Aston Villa's McGinn, Borussia Dortmund's Bellingham, Borussia Möncheng's Zakaria, Leipzig's Hydara, so how have they performed this season? Let's make a comparison.
Data from before this round shows that Rice made the most appearances, 21 times, followed by McGinn and Bellingham, both with 17. The top two goals scored were the bottom two, both scoring four goals, With Bellingham with six assists and Rice scoring four assists.
Rice has the highest passing success rate of 90.4%, Zakaria 90.1%, and the rest are less than 90%. Defensively, it averaged steals per game, with McGinn having a highest 2.8 and Rice following with 2.3. The steal success rate is the highest at 56.5% for Bellingham and 54.5% for Rice. Averaging interceptions per game, Rice had a high of 1.7, Zakaria 1.2 and Bellingham 1.1.
Offensively, he averaged 1.7 shots per game, With Bellingham having a high of 1.7, McGinn 1.4 and Rice 0.8. Averaged key passes per game, With McGinn 1.6 and Bellingham 1.5. Zakaria has the highest success rate of 70.7%, and Rice's 70.2% is slightly inferior.
Combining these 9 big data, Rice and Bellingham each have 3 titles, and the two are also the focus of Manchester United's reinforcements. But the latter had turned down the Red Devils before going to Dort, and the former had just said that The Dream Theatre was one of his favourites, so the likelihood of bringing in Rice was even higher.
Rice PK McTominay
If Rice joins, he will serve as a back in the 433 formation, threatening McTominay's main position. Who is stronger? Data speaks.
Before this round, Wheat made 18 appearances, 16 starts, scored 1 goal, averaged 1 key pass per game, pass success rate of 86.1%, averaged 2.3 steals and 1.3 interceptions per game.
Rice made 21 appearances, all started, contributed 1 goal and 4 assists, averaged 0.8 key passes per game, a pass success rate of 90.4%, averaged 2.3 steals per game, 1.7 interceptions, and only 1 was inferior to Wheat.
In this round of direct confrontation between the two, Rice lost the ball, but the personal performance was better: the pass success rate was 96.6%, 2 passes were all successful, 12 confrontations were successful 7 times, 3 steals and 4 interceptions were scored, and 7.4 points were scored. Wheat passed a pass success rate of 80.3%, 2 passes and 1 success, 19 confrontations 11 times, 1 steal and 0 interceptions, and scored 6.9 points.
Rice also has a major feature, he has a distance of 5152 meters with the ball, not only the most in the Premier League, but also the top five major leagues in Europe! More than Real Madrid winger Winitsius. This kind of midfield pusher and breaker is exactly what Manchester United needs most.
However, his value may also be the highest, West Ham United offered at least 80 million pounds, I wonder if Manchester United will accept? After all, Rice is only 23 years old, and the future is unlimited!