A stinging statement was made by Michael Owen during a press conference, stating that despite spending more than 208 million pounds, Manchester United still needs to make improvements on their players and also change the coach in charge of the squad, and that he was the best candidate the position.

Despite spending more than one hundred million pounds to improve the position over the course of the last two summers, Michael Owen has identified the primary position that Manchester United still needs to improve before the 30th of August.

Leny Yoro, a centre back, and Joshua Zirkzee, an attacker, are the two players that the Red Devils have brought into their team thus far. The Manchester United club has spent £52 million and £36.5 million, respectively, on both of these players.

There is a great deal of anticipation for the two players, particularly Yoro, despite the fact that the young defender will be sidelined for the first three months of the season due to a fractured metatarsal that he sustained during the first half of the pre-season friendly match against Arsenal in Los Angeles against Arsenal.

Zirkzee, on the other hand, signed with United after previously playing for Bologna. Owen believes that Zirkzee has the potential to become a “important player” for Erik ten Hag’s current squad

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However, the former United and England forward believes that his former team still has to enter the transfer market and buy another striker before the deadline for all players to leave the club.

“It will be really interesting at the beginning of the new season to see if Manchester United is going to adapt to a certain style of play,” Owen said in an interview with Casino Hawks. “Joshua Zirkzee has the potential to be an important player for Manchester United.”

There is no doubt that Manchester United required additional reinforcements in that area, despite the fact that Zirkzee does not appear to be very prolific in terms of goals. When you think back to the great teams that United has had in the past, you’ll notice that they sometimes had four of the best strikers.

The fact that Manchester United has been struggling to find players who can score goals in recent years means that bringing in a skilled player would not be a bad idea in that regard.

The following stage will simply be to wait and watch how he performs, but at some point in the future, Manchester United are going to want somebody who is capable of scoring a great deal of goals, similar to what they have experienced with Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robin van Persie, and Wayne Rooney, amongst other players during the course of their history.

Owen is still anticipating the impact of Zirkzee.
In addition, although Owen is not completely certain that Zirkzee is capable of scoring the goals that will bring United to the position they need to be in, he is still anticipating that the Netherlands international will have an effect.

He continued by saying, “At the moment, all you can do is look at what Zirkzee has accomplished up to this point and watch this space with him. It is not just having another body of quality up there, but I believe it will be a positive for Manchester United.”

“Despite the fact that they have suffered a great number of injuries, the manager is unable to make significant changes to the situation up there a great deal of the time at the moment. There hasn’t been much to bring about in terms of change if it hasn’t been working since the beginning.

Although it is an exciting signing, we need to hold off on making any decisions until we see how he adjusts to his new environment. “So another body is great,”

The arrival of Zirkzee, in addition to the seventy-two million pounds that United spent on Rasmus Hojlund during the summer of 2017, makes it extremely unlikely that the Old Trafford principals will grant Owen’s demand. This is especially true when considering the other, more obvious needs that exist within Ten Hag’s squad.

Additionally, they continue to concentrate their efforts on acquiring a central defender, a right-back, and a centre midfielder before the transfer market closes on August 30.

Matthijs De Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, both of Bayern Munich, continue to be the favourites to fill those defensive duties. Additionally, TT has disclosed a new development in the club’s pursuit of Sander Berge, a midfielder for Burnley.

On Friday, August 16, the Football Club of Manchester United will kick off the 2017 Premier League season with a match at home against Fulham.