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Right now a lot of former players-turned-pundits are raising concerns around Manchester United, or at least, certain United stars.
Alan Shearer has recently criticised Marcus Rashford for his lack of shots this season and his positional awareness for his only registered shot on goal being offside.
Dwight Yorke has also issued comments to Rashford, peaking about the player’s mindset and how he needs to get himself out of this slump to prove the critics wrong.
Elsewhere Rio Ferdinand has spoken out slamming United for the sale of Scott McTominay, saying that he feels United are going to feel the affects of his absence.
Now, with much speculation of United looking at a deal to swap Jadon Sancho with Raheem Sterling, former striker Troy Deeney has issued his thoughts on the current class of Red Devil wingers and how Sterling could impact the squad.
Speaking to Sky Sports being asked if Sterling would be a good move for United, Deeney said: “He’s better than anything they’ve got there, so yeah.”
He continued: “At the moment he’s delivering more than what Marcus [Rashford] is doing. He probably gives more of a leadership role to the likes of [Alejandro] Garnacho and Amad [Diallo] who scored on the weekend.
“So those guys will look at Raheem, see that he’s won it at [Manchester] City, see what he’s done at Liverpool, see what he’s done at the international stage and think ‘right I can learn of that’.”
Deeney went on to discuss the team as a whole after their 2-1 defeat at Brighton. Speaking about the squad, the former Watford striker said: “So I think United fans will probably look at it as an improvement cause at the moment when I watched United I thought they did ok at the weekend [against Brighton].”
He continued: “I thought they lacked one or two bits, if they can get Luke Shaw back at left-back then that gives a completely different dynamic and then they need a striker which is why I’m baffled that they aren’t going for Ivan Toney personally.
“I think it’s a quick fix like the [Robin] van Persie one, you just plop him in and it works.
“And for right now, I just think they need a winger, I don’t think Marcus is delivering and the other guys, well Antony’s nothing, I don’t mean that disrespectfully, but they’re not offering nothing like they should do for a team like Man United.”
These concerns, especially around the lack of strike options were also voiced by former United captain Roy Keane, concerned the club don’t have a prolific goal scorer.
However, with a considerable amount of focus on Rashford of late, he’ll be hoping that his one-to-one sessions with Ruud van Nistelrooy, aiming make him more clinical in front of goal, will kickstart his goal scoring ways sooner rather than later.
“Sterling is better than ANYTHING Manchester United have got!”
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