At 20:30 Beijing time on February 12, the 25th round of the Premier League will usher in a focus battle: Manchester United led by C Ronaldo will face Southampton at home. Manchester United, whose prospects for the fourth place are already not optimistic, this game must be won, but what to win? Southampton is not strong, only in the middle of the Premier League, but not soft persimmons.
In the last round of the Premier League, Manchester United was forced to draw 1:1 by burnley at the bottom, and the fourth place in the Premier League table was not hot, and it was taken back by West Ham United. Manchester United compete for four, compete for Champions League qualification, the biggest threat is not West Ham United, but behind Arsenal, Spurs "London double".
In the current Premier League table, Manchester United ranks sixth with 39 points in 23 games, only one point behind fourth-place West Ham United and one round less, and three less goals difference but one more round with fifth-placed Arsenal, 3 points ahead of seventh-place Spurs but two more rounds.
At the beginning of the season, Manchester United welcomed back the veteran Cristiano Ronaldo, which had high hopes. But soon, Manchester United dropped the chain in the Premier League title race, and quickly fell out of the top four, and then fell out of the top six, Solskjaer was dismissed, Rangnick took over, and the record did not rebound strongly. The problem lies in C Ronaldo, C Ronaldo is still the C Ronaldo who has no bonus and also wants to get the attendance award, but many games can not get the goal award, C Ronaldo does not score, and his teammates will not score.
C Luo is 37 years old, and his combat strength is naturally not as good as before. Many people believe that if Manchester United wants to win and retain the Champions League qualification, it must win Ronaldo. But now is obviously not the time, C Ronaldo is not Barca's Dembele after all, in case after winning C Ronaldo, the competition for Champions League qualification also fails, who will take responsibility?
By the end of the season, the situation is different, manchester United can completely let C Ronaldo leave the team, free up salary space and position, and then bring in strong reinforcements.
Manchester United boss Ronnick said recently, "The team obviously needs to bring in a striker this summer, Cavani's contract expires in the summer, the club needs the best centre-forward and I think everyone knows that. ”
Who is the best center? According to the BBC, Haaland, Kane, Lautaro Martinez, Isaac and others are all targets of United.
In these target candidates, Haaland is undoubtedly the strongest, but the competition is also the most fierce, and there are not enough Barca for the young Norwegian center forward, and the competitiveness of Real Madrid and Paris is too strong.
Conte is currently doing a good job at Tottenham and is expected to lead the team back to the Champions League, but without the trophy, Kane, who was bent on going to Manchester City last summer and did not go, may not be willing to stay and continue to fight with Conte. For Kane, United's main rivals are still Manchester City.
Inzaghi Jr. is currently doing quite well at Inter, with all fronts on the road to the title, the most certain is the Serie A title, but Lautaro's current role in the squad is not as good as in Conte's time.
Isaac became famous very early, before joining Dortmund, there were rumors that it was close to joining Real Madrid, known as "New Ibrahimovic", and in recent years, it has not played the momentum of Haaland, Vlahović and other fierce people, Dortmund failed to be able to live in surprise, and 15 million euros were sold to Real Sociedad.