Defender Victor Lindelof was the poorest Manchester United player on the pitch against Crystal Palace in the Premier League encounter on Saturday.
And speaking both during as well as after the match, pundit Gary Neville has urged his former club to bring in a new centre-back if they wish to win the league title anytime soon.
He told on Sky Sports: “One area Man Utd need to try to strengthen is centre-back. But it has to be a quick one – someone who can defend one-on-ones,
“If you look at all the best centre-half partnerships down the years, they have always had a quick one.
“Old Trafford is a big pitch and particularly if your full-backs are going forward then you are going to leave your centre-halves one-on-one.
“Over the years, the best Man Utd centre-back partnerships have always had that really quick one – whether it be Jaap Stam or Rio Ferdinand or Gary Pallister – who has lightning pace to get across and snuff out the danger. Lindelof and Maguire just don’t have that.
“Without them, Man Utd are not going to close the gap. Chelsea have acted and Liverpool are acting – they are already stronger.
“This won’t have settled down the Man Utd fans who have been demanding more activity in the transfer market. The club just don’t seem able to get things done quickly enough or efficiently enough.”
Victor Lindelof has been on a steady decline over the past couple of months and Man United’s loss vs Crystal Palace was yet another proof that Ole needs to find a long-term partner to Maguire as soon as possible.
The Premier League side have been linked with Dayot Upamecano over the past couple of months but we not sure if United will be able to convince RB Leipzig into selling their young centre-back during the ongoing transfer window.
Victor Lindelof could be replaced by Eric Bailly(who has shown potential) but the latter is too injury prone which is why he has not been able to get a consistent run-in of games during his time at Old Trafford.
