Former MUFC player Eric Djemba-Djemba has revealed which midfielder Manchester United should sign first this summer. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Speaking amid the Red Devils’ immediate need for midfield reinforcements, Djemba-Djemba stated that Fede Valverde and Carlos Baleba would be top of his list once the transfer window opens.
Eric, however, added that he would have loved to watch Caemiro play at Old Trafford for one more season.
His words, “Manchester United is a big team and they want to win trophies, they want to come up again, to stay there. For me the first choice, Valverde and the second one, Baleba.
They finished third, they go to the Champions League, now they need some players who come with experience, who can keep the ball, who can bring the spirit of the game.
Valverde is the main man. Valverde, he’s a box-to-box player, he can play winger too, he can play right-back too, because I saw him play right-back. Valverde is the main man. I think if they ask me to pick, I will pick him, I will pick him first and Baleba second choice.”
On Casemiro, “He’s had a great season. I hoped he would stay for another year – he’s a fantastic midfielder. He has many, many, many experiences.
I would love him to stay one year more, but I don’t have the decision. He has the decision, but I think it was too early for him to say what to do, that he will leave the club. It was early for him because after that, when Michael Carrick came, everything changed, didn’t it?
Everything was changing, he was playing well, the team was playing well, they came up again, now they will go to Champions League. I think it was early for him to announce that he will leave the club. I hoped he would stay again one year more, but sadly, it’s football.”
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Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.
Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.
The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992 the left and the right, but he’s not got any sense of danger yet, and empties the midfield area too readily.
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