0 goals and 0 assists in 35 games! Manchester United's 170 million European double stars are too humiliating Ten Hag lost

On December 24, Beijing time, Manchester United lost 0-2 to West Ham United, and has not scored in four consecutive games, for the first time since 1992! Public opinion pointed the finger at the forwards, especially Antony and Hojlen, who are worth a lot of money.

170 million, 0 goals and 0 assists in 35 games

The most criticized is Brazilian winger Antony. As Ten Hag's favorite player, he joined from Ajax last summer for a transfer fee of 95 million euros, but he has not been able to live up to his value, and has been ridiculed as a "compass": he can only go in circles, not pass.

This season, Anthony's performance is even more outrageous, with 0 goals and 0 assists in 14 Premier League games and 845 minutes, and 0 goals and 0 assists in 19 games in all competitions!

Hojlen joined from Atalanta this summer, and although he is only 20 years old, the transfer fee is also a whopping 75 million euros. Touted by the media as the "new Haaland", he did show talent in the Champions League, scoring five goals in six games, but when he returned to England, it was like he couldn't play!

In the Premier League, he has scored 945 minutes in 14 games, with 0 goals and 0 assists, and has not scored his first goal so far, and in 16 domestic games in all competitions, he has scored 0 goals and provided 0 assists.

With bad people, Ten Hag lost hemp

Let's talk about Antony first, he played well in the Eredivisie, but the pace and confrontation in the Premier League are far more intense than in the Eredivisie, and the Brazilian winger lacks speed, and it is difficult to break through the opponent directly at the first time, and after slowing down, the delicacy of his feet cannot reach the level of playing the opponent.

The stats show that Anthony has only succeeded in 14 of his 43 attempts this season, conceding possession an average of 9.8 times per game and having a 46 per cent success rate.

Once he can't pass people, Anthony's confidence will decline more and more, and his inward cut left foot shot belongs to the "six-vein divine sword", and there are few spiritual moments, and the same is true for the rib plug, so the role of the offensive end is very simple.

Hojlen has good speed and impact, but his individual combat ability is not strong, his physical confrontation is still weaker, and his goals are more based on grabbing points in front of the goal. However, he had too little support from his teammates.

You know, right winger Antony has played 456 minutes with Hojlen in the Premier League this season, giving the latter only 6 passes, 1.2 passes per 90 minutes, and left winger Garnacho has played 473 minutes together, giving Hojlen only 5 passes, 1 every 90 minutes. In the battle with West Ham United, the two of them combined, a total of 1 pass to Hojlen!

Of course, Hojlen's ability to take chances on his own is also poor, with an expected number of goals in the Premier League of 3.01, but he has not scored any of them, and has wasted nine scoring opportunities.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is still a question of Ten Hag's personnel and tactical arrangement. However, he was still very stubborn and continued to reverse at the press conference: "I know Rashford can score, Hojlen can score, Antony can score, Garnacho can score, B Fee can score, McTominay can score, so our squad has the ability to score. ”

The truth is that United can only rely on midfielders and defenders to score goals: in the Premier League this season, Marcus Rashford has two goals, Garnacho has one, Anthony Martial has one, and the rest of the strikers have scored zero.

Buying people at a premium, Manchester United lost a lot

In fact, Antony and Hojlen were both bought at a premium by Manchester United. According to TA, Atalanta told Hojlen that 50 million pounds could leave the team, and Manchester United said that 60 million pounds was the final bottom line, but after Bergamo negotiated through the night until 3am, Manchester United actually agreed to pay a transfer fee of 72 million pounds!

During Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's tenure, Manchester United scouts reported that Antony was valued at around £25 million. In the summer window of 2022, Manchester United briefly broke off negotiations with Ajax and privately said that they would not pay more than £60 million for Antony, but due to Ten Hag's urgent need for reinforcements, Manchester United finally agreed to a transfer fee of £86 million.

I have to say that Manchester United has really lost a lot in the transfer market, and has been caught by the negotiating opponents. Ajax CEO Edwin van der Sar said he challenged Manchester United CEO Trent Alexander-Arnold and football director Mutaugh as much as possible in Antony's transfer.

Now that Sir Ratcliffe is about to take over Manchester United, with a new CEO and director of football, I wonder if there will be any new changes in the transfer market?