At 7:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 1, the Premier League transfer window was officially closed. On the last day, United didn't get even a single rookie and sent van der Beek. In this winter's transfer window, United sent away four players in a row, but did not have any reinforcements.
In a match against Manchester United, they relied on a 1-0 win over West Ham to return to the top four of the league table. Just when Manchester United fans thought that the club would add new signings in the next few days to usher in the start of the second half of the season, there was no movement in their reinforcement window.
Although there are no new signings, United have been very active in sending people away. After the early hours of the morning, United sent a total of four players out of the winter window, including Van der Beek on loan at Everton, Martial on loan at Sevilla, Diallo on loan for Rangers and Tuanzebe, who was on loan as soon as he returned.
These 4 players obviously could not enter Lonnick's eyes, and it was only natural that they would be sent away. But for many Manchester United fans, the departure of Martial and Van der Beek is still somewhat regrettable. After all, in the substitute lineup, these 2 people can still play a certain role, but they finally chose to leave the team for more playing time.
In addition to the poor operation of the transfer market, in fact, one of the most disturbing things for Manchester United fans this New Year holiday is the arrest of Greenwood. Greenwood is currently in custody due to the offences involved, pending further sentencing. If nothing else, Manchester United, a 20-year-old star, has basically ruined his career.
With Anthony Martial sent away and Greenwood arrested, United didn't have much of a striker available. Judging from the big list, in addition to an elderly Cavani, a often injured Rashford, and a Sancho who was branded as a parallelist, there is only C Ronaldo. If you insist on adding young player Elanga, there are only 5 players. For Lonnick, it's a conundrum for him to want regular rotational starts.
In the next game, United have 3 more games to play. In the Premier League, although they have no chance of competing for the title early, they want to fight for 4, and they also need to fight one by one. And in the Champions League, Manchester United will certainly not give up. Even in the seemingly lightest FA Cup, the Red Devils dare not slack off, after all, this may be the only event they can win this season.
In the case of 0 reinforcements in the winter window, Manchester United's attacking power in the second half of the season is really worrying. Under such a schedule, it is obviously unrealistic to fully expect a C Ronaldo who is about to turn 37. All Lonnick needs to do is tap more young people to share the pressure. In contrast, Manchester United's Rivals in the Premier League, Liverpool, this winter window spent a lot of money to bring in Díaz, making the already wealthy forward line stronger.