Robbie Savage says Manchester United are only three signings away from being able to compete with Liverpool and Manchester City at the top of the Premier League again.
United have fallen well short of their rivals in recent times as they find themselves 38 points adrift of the the Merseyside club at the top of the league, and also look unable to catch their Manchester rivals despite City themselves having a patchy season.
Despite this, United academy product Savage believes if the club were able to complete the signings of Kalidou Koulibaly, Jack Grealish and Jadon Sancho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would have a team capable to competing with top teams once again.
'Green shoots of recovery have often been hard to find in Manchester United’s patchy season – but they are only three signings away from challenging Liverpool and Manchester City,' Savage said in his column for the Mirror.
'That may seem a bold statement about a team who have lost against Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Newcastle, West Ham, Watford and Burnley this season.'
Despite some poor results there have been bright moments for United this season as they beat City and remain the only team to take a point off Liverpool.
Solskjaer was also boosted by the marquee signing of Bruno Fernandes and short-term deal for Odion Ighalo in January, and Savage thinks a summer window of achieving their top transfer targets could see them return as a force in the Premier League.
'If Solskjaer was handed £250 million to go out and sign central defender Kalidou Koulibaly, playmaker Jack Grealish and Jadon Sancho up front, Solskjaer’s best team would be capable of giving Liverpool and Manchester City a run for their money next season.
Napoli's Koulibaly, Aston Villa's Jack Grealish and Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho are all having exceptional seasons for their respective clubs and have been linked with moves to Old Trafford in the summer.
The Red Devils are just three points off fourth spot as they are set to battle it out with Tottenham, Chelsea and Sheffield United for for Champions League qualification for next season.
Hehbdekps
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The only way we are realistically gon sign a CB is if we sell Jones, Rojo and Smalling. Then we can get Koulibaly who in my opinion is d best partner for Maguire. The kinda Vidic-Ferdinand axis. The Destroyer and The Organiser kinda relationship. Jadon Sancho of course is the Signing Ole is going to Prioritize next summer. We all hope we get him. as for the CAM, I really think Maddison is better than or more suited to that role than Jack as Jack is more of a winger these days. I'd prefer Coutinho the Magician. Let him coman set EPL alight with his wand of a right foot! Bruno Pogba midfield axis and Coutinho as number 10. there's no stoppage of creativity from the midfield. then with a front three of Rashford Martial (Who I think is doing really well despite all the Sticks used to beat him) and Sancho. That would be the most devastating 5 men attack in Club Football!
lukzlat910
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He's right, we need a settled right winger like Sancho, James plays better on the left you can see on the right he can't really do much, as for the Grealish one I'm not sure....we have Fred and McTominay (and Pogba if he won't leave...),
Vaaaben
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Yes. Rightly said. Need 3 signings. RW/ Midfielder/ CB. For that we need to sell following personal Lingard, Jones, Andreas, Pogba, Smalling, Rojo, Sanchez, Mensha, . Probably keep Matic & Mata for one more season.