- Pace, pace and Sadio Mane!
It’s become a cliché really, United need players with pace, players who can stretch the opposition and take players on to beat them. No United player does that currently, apart from Martial and this is something you need in a possession dominated playing style. Barcelona had players like Lionel Messi under Pep Guardiola, van Gaal’s Bayern Munich had the likes of Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery to rip defences apart and that’s the kind of players Manchester United need.
And Sadio Mane is just what United need. He’s got raw pace, can go past the opposition defenders as if they aren’t there and can score and assist too. He can play up top, wide, behind the striker and plays just as effective there.
United players give an impression of being shackled to playing possession football and the need for a speedster would break off those shackles and inject more energy into the play, helping United score goals.