For Manchester United, although they are in the top four of the league, the position does not look secure. Arsenal, Tottenham and other teams behind them are only two points away from them, but they have played fewer games than Manchester United. Moreover, compared to Manchester United, which needs to fight on both fronts, neither of these rivals has the task of playing in Europe, which is a very big advantage. For Manchester United manager Ronnick and his players, the rest of the season is very difficult, the team needs to play decently in the Champions League, can not be out in a very embarrassing way, and need to show a strong record in the league to ensure that they reach the top four.
In terms of schedule, in the next 4 rounds of matches, Manchester United seems to have little difficulty, and their opponents are mostly teams at the bottom of the table. This would have been a great opportunity for United to score enough points to close the gap with their rivals in the standings. However, judging from the state of Manchester United in the past period of time, even against opponents who are significantly inferior, Manchester United is not sure of winning. From the analysis of the situation in the table, if United want to remain competitive enough in the competition for the top four, they need to win at least 3 of the above four games. On the contrary, they are likely to fall behind early and completely lose their eligibility for next season's Champions League. It's a big challenge for the team. In the Champions League, although Atletico's form this season is also not ideal, Simeone and his team have a very rich experience in knockout matches, and it is also difficult for United to successfully pass.
From the analysis of the performance on the pitch in the past period of time, the reason why Manchester United's performance continues to be sluggish seems to have a lot to do with Lonnick. The German coach is far from a top coach in terms of team management and team technical and tactical construction. First, let's look at the team management aspect. After coming to the team, it can be seen that Lonnick is very eager to establish good relationships with several core players in the Manchester United team, which can be seen from the fact that after he replaced Ronaldo, he had to explain the reason to him on the spot. However, Lonnick's approach did not work as expected, and most of the players in the team seemed to be quite critical of his management style. For the marginal players in the team, Lonnick's handling is also unsatisfactory. For example, he publicly stated that Jesse Lingard needed to be "calm", which made the latter very dissatisfied. In the eyes of the other players, Lonnick's making these team affairs public is not conducive to the resolution of the problem, and he should choose to deal with them within the team.
The second is the technical and tactical aspects. Judging from the past few games, although Lonnick abandoned the poor 4222 formation and chose to re-activate the 4231 formation, it seems that the team's performance has not improved significantly. A very obvious feature of this Manchester United team is that when it comes to a step-by-step attack, the team looks very calm, but due to the lack of rhythm changes, it is difficult to create opportunities to directly threaten the opposing goal. Since the quality of the team's defense is quite average, once the opponent has completed the goal through the counter-attack, they will be in a very difficult situation. And when the team tries to speed up and speed up the pace of attack, the number of mistakes in the team will increase significantly. Among the several players on the offensive end, in addition to still having the top ability to grab points, C Luo has dropped significantly in terms of catching the ball and getting rid of it, physical confrontation ability, etc.; Sancho is good at team cooperation, but it is difficult to use his personal ability to break through the opponent's defense line; Rashford's technical ability is slightly rough, and his ability to read the game is average. For the above problems, Lonnick was at a loss.
In summary, for Manchester United, in addition to the need to adjust the position of the head coach, the "big change" on the front line is imminent. Among the several strikers in the transfer market, Haaland is naturally the most ideal target, but with a large number of suitors, his choice to move to Manchester United seems unlikely. As a result, United had to continue to look for easier targets to maneuver. According to the Mirror, United began focusing on isaac, a high school striker who plays for Real Sociedad. The 22-year-old Sweden international has scored 12 goals in all competitions this season and contributed four assists. Isaac's liquidated damages amounted to £75 million, and United were likely to have to pay the penalties "proudly" if they wanted to get this promising goalscorer.
In addition, in the winger position, because Greenwood's return time is far away, Jesse Lingard is basically certain that he will leave at the end of the season, so Manchester United still need to be in this position. According to the Daily Sports, Dembele is quite high on United's roster. Dembare desiring injuries, Dembele remains a top-level winger. His contract extension with Barca has come to a complete standstill and his departure looks a foregone conclusion. For Manchester United, although there is no transfer fee to sign Dembele, the French winger will certainly be paid more than 10 million euros a year. Given his injury condition, there is considerable uncertainty about the effect of the transfer. (The picture comes from the Internet, if there is infringement, please contact to delete)