Paul Merson is perplexed as to why Erik ten Hag and Manchester United did not sign Micky van de Ven before his summer transfer from Wolfsburg to Tottenham Hotspur.
It never rains, but it pours at Old Trafford, which is why the roof needs to be repaired after Manchester United were beaten 3-0 by a second-string Newcastle United team on Wednesday night, knocking them out of the EFL Cup.
Paul Merson doesn’t think Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof are good enough to start at the heart of Manchester United‘s defence, with Jonny Evans on the bench, as he told Soccer Special on Sky Sports (01/11/23 at 10:20 pm).
The outspoken pundit believes Erik ten Hag should have signed Micky van de Ven during the summer transfer window because he is now regarded as ‘one of the best centre-halves in the league’ for Ange Postecoglou‘s Tottenham Hotspur.
The 22-year-old has been told that he is faster than Mohamed Salah and has had a difficult start to life in the Premier League.
Micky van de Ven is loud and proud with Tottenham Hotspur at the top of the Premier League table, but when Manchester United were knocked out of the EFL Cup by Newcastle, Paul Merson made some interesting comments.
Manchester United and Micky van de Ven
“I would be asking questions,” Merson said. “If I were the owner of the club.” I’d be sitting there right now, asking you as manager, ‘Why didn’t we get the lad at Tottenham? He’s from the Netherlands. You’re from the Netherlands. You’re familiar with the league. You’re familiar with the players. Why is he at Tottenham but not here? And we don’t have a centre-half’.
“I mean no disrespect to Evans. But you’re playing a 30-something next to Maguire. Varane is unable to exercise. If I’m being completely honest, I don’t think Lindelof is a true center-half. I wouldn’t mind if he marked.
“Then you look at this player (Van de ven), who is currently one of the best center-halves in the league.” And he’s not a Manchester United player.
“He wasn’t worth £80-90 million.” Serious concerns.”
Tottenham and Man United gap
Yes, the duo has already been eliminated from the League Cup, but at least Spurs have the Premier League to brag about.
High-flying executives Spurs are already 11 points ahead of eighth-placed Manchester United, despite the loss of Harry Kane.
The two teams are worlds apart in many ways, with Manchester United facing a tough battle to finish in Europe because things aren’t looking good right now.
Yes, someone like van de Ven enters the Manchester United team, but he made the right decision by joining Spurs.
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