While watching United's battle against Everton ahead of the international match, legendary boss Alex Ferguson questioned the use of his disciple Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, particularly the rotation of love cristiano Ronaldo. He made the comments while talking to Kahabi Numangmodov, who was visiting Manchester United that day.
Kahabi was the superstar of the Ultimate Fighting UFC and one of the guests at Old Trafford that day, appearing in the VIP seat with Bolt, Evra and others. He was also given Ronaldo's signature Manchester United No. 7 shirt, however, the Portuguese superstar rarely sat on the bench.
In a video of the two meeting, one can hear that Furjue disagrees with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's decision to take a break from Ronaldo. This is based on two elements: Everton are in good form, sharing the same points as Manchester United, and this game is followed by the international match day, Ronaldo's Portugal team is facing Qatar, which is not counted in the results, and the weak Luxembourg.
Commenting on why United can't win, Sir Frus has the same idea as many fans: "I think the opponents see Ronaldo not playing morale is greatly boosted..." Kahabi interrupted Fron Ronaldo and said that in the second half, the boss replaced C Ronaldo, but the old man added: "I know, but this kind of game you should always let the best players start." 」
After being forced to draw by Everton, Manchester United currently ranks 4th in the Premier League with 14 points, but only 2 points away from Chelsea at the top of the table, only 1 point behind 2nd place Liverpool, the same points as 3rd manchester City, but also with Everton and Brighton in 5th and 6th places.
It can be said that Manchester United's situation in the standings is not bad, but the next two months the team faces many strong opponents, and strong conversations against Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea will follow. Many people subjectively believe that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United are good at playing against strong opponents. Unfortunately, at least last season, the Red Devils were no longer the best performers in the traditional Semi-Final Six of the Premier League.
In the Premier League semi-finals of manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, liverpool still boasted with 20 points last season despite injury problems, with Manchester City ranking second with 17 points, while Manchester United ranked second from the bottom with 11 points. Arsenal's 13 points and Chelsea's 12 points also beat Manchester United, with only Tottenham Hotspur scoring 10 points at the bottom of the red devils.
United played only 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats in 10 games against these strong teams last season, scoring 8 goals and conceding 11 goals, with a goal difference of -3 goals. Therefore, the Red Devils must not pretend to be "solskjaers are good at playing strong teams" mentality, and blindly optimistic about the next schedule.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's current problem at Manchester United is obvious, that is, the attack and defense have not been able to form a system, which makes people look at the feeling of where to play. This is a problem that he must solve as soon as possible, if he continues to play according to the current model, the results may not be too bad, but I am afraid it will be difficult to win the championship.
Manchester United clubs have reached the limit of support for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, spending £400 million to bring in the coaching so far, only the back position has not bought new signings, and this summer he spent nearly £140 million to sign Sancho, Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo.
According to the latest data released by the CIES Football Observatory, Manchester United's squad is second only to Manchester City in European football, with a total value of 1 billion pounds, which is only slightly inferior to Guardiola's 1.1 billion pound luxury line-up. The two teams are also the only two teams to spend more than $1 billion on transfer fees, with third-placed Chelsea at just £809 million.
Not only that, Manchester United also officially announced the renewal of assistant coach Mike Ferran during this interval, and his new contract period is until June 2024, directly expressing their support for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Like the manager, the 59-year-old Ferran was a Manchester United player and coach during his time as a coach, and he is considered an important contributor to the Norwegian's foothold in Manchester United.
But if Solskjaer doesn't make the team play a performance that is more worthy of the current squad and win the championship, the trust will eventually be exhausted.
"Only 2 points behind the top of the table" is definitely not enough to become the "deathless gold medal" of the so-called coach. After all, when Mourinho led the team to second place, the outside world was not satisfied at all, because Manchester United's actual performance and game process were considered unqualified, and this statement is now suitable for evaluating Manchester United.
Although it is only two points behind the top of the table at the moment, many games are won by the individual ability and luck of the stars, and this trend is bound to not last long.