For United, the team appears to have lowered their season targets as the season's performances have fallen far short of what the outside world expected of them. Captain Maguire has said the team will strive to finish in the top four of the league at the end of the season and lock up qualification for next season's Champions League. They will fight for the cup with all their might. Of the two cups that Manchester United still have hopes of winning this season, the Hopes of the Champions League are slim, so Maguire is referring to the FA Cup. For Manchester United, who have been recruiting heavily this season, if they end up with an FA Cup title, it is indeed a bit too chilly.
However, even in the top four of the league as the minimum standard, Manchester United faces no small challenge. With the top three teams in a relatively solid position, Manchester United is likely to have to compete with Tottenham, Arsenal and other teams for the only place to directly enter the Champions League. Although in terms of paper strength, Lonnick's team has a more obvious advantage, with world-class players in all three lines. However, judging by the specific performances, the two teams in London seem to have a better competitive state. Although United lead by two points in the league table, both rivals have played fewer games than Manchester United. If they win in the play-offs, it's possible that United may not even be able to finish in the top five again.
Judging from the situation in the team, in Lonnick's tactical system, Sancho's position can be said to be quite embarrassing. In the last 4 league games, Sancho has only been available in 2 of them, with a total of only 88 minutes, and he seems to have become a complete substitute in Ronnick's eyes. From the performance point of view, when the team uses the 4222 formation, Sancho in the front position is difficult to play his advantage of the side breakthrough and passing, and can not find rhythm at all in the opponent's dense midfield defense. When the team used the 4231 formation, Sancho's appearance ranked behind the youngster Erlanga. Especially with Elanga's outstanding performance, Sancho has gained very little playing time. In the league, Sancho has been unable to contribute goals or assists in seven consecutive games, during which the game score has never reached 7 points. It can be said that Sancho has been completely trapped in the predicament and has never been able to find a way out of the predicament.
However, given Sancho's high value, the team will not give up on the talented winger, who is only 21 years old, and he will certainly have a chance to prove himself. Unlike Sancho's case, Jesse Lingard's relationship with the team seems to have approached a freezing point. In the winter transfer window, teams such as Tottenham and West Ham United both wanted to sign the capable winger, but United refused a transfer for fear that Jesse Lingard would strengthen his rivals. Newcastle then also sent an offer for Jesse Lingard, but United's asking price reached £15 million, which discouraged the other side and the transfer was not resolved. For such a situation, Jesse Lingard was very dissatisfied, the team neither gave him a chance to play, nor let him leave the team, in his opinion, the team's approach is difficult to understand. However, from United's point of view, they once sent Jesse Lingard a contract extension offer, but the latter did not agree. With less than half a year left to expire on the contract, the player wants to leave the team in the winter transfer window, but does not want a permanent transfer and only agrees to it on loan. Jesse Lingard did so mainly with the intention of joining a new team as a free agent at the end of the season to get higher salaries and a hefty signing fee. For Jesse Lingard's "wishful thinking", Manchester United seems to have no intention of fulfilling it.
In addition to Jesse Lingard, the team's other winger, Marcus Rashford, is not in a good position. Although scoring goals in two consecutive games, the England international has also been reduced to a substitute under Ronnick. He couldn't shake up the starting positions for Erlanga and Greenwood. In this case, Rashford was already distracted. According to French transfer expert Adrian Glinel, Paris Saint-Germain has been in touch with Marcus Rashford in hopes of signing the €85 million winger at the end of the season to replace Mbappe, who is likely to leave the team. It is reported that Marcus Rashford is interested in going to Paris. In his opinion, if the transfer is completed, he has greater hopes of winning more championship trophies.
In addition, on the Liverpool side, after regaining their form, they are once again on the track of competing for the title. Especially when players such as Salah and Mane return to the team, they will be even more powerful. In the transfer market, on the face of it, Liverpool are as low-key as ever in this transfer window, but the team also seems to be brewing big signings. According to Bild, Klopp is interested in Bellingham and wants to take him to Anfield. This season, the 18-year-old Bellingham has contributed four goals and 10 assists in all competitions, and has performed very well, and has grown into the top midfielder in the top five leagues. However, he is also worth 75 million euros in the transfer market. (The picture comes from the Internet, if there is infringement, please contact to delete)