Agoumé, Camara, Cissé: choosing Manchester United’s next midfielder
The banker, the gamble, the wildcard: Ashwin Raman investigates three young solutions for Ruben Amorim’s midfield
For all the repetitions of “but you don’t understand, this is Manchester United Football Club”, Manchester United Football Club’s pursuit of Carlos Baleba appears to have ended in vain. This leaves Ruben Amorim with the unsatisfactory choice of selecting either the corpse of Casemiro or, less realistically, Manuel Ugarté to partner Bruno Fernandes or Kobbie Mainoo in midfield.
Ashwin Raman is a writer and analyst who, at fifteen years old, was working for Dundee United. This summer, Ash is writing a weekly column exclusively for SCOUTED. Highlights include him bigging up Noni Madueke moments before Arsenal swooped.
While it’s late in the summer transfer window, it’s difficult to see United entering the new season without acquiring another central midfielder. Considering that challenging for Champions League qualification is an uphill task, this may be yet another season of ‘rebuilding’ for United, and they may be well-advised to look for a younger player who could develop into the kind of midfielder they’d engage in a highly-publicised €100-million transfer saga for. As a result, let’s make a quick attempt at identifying the midfielder who best fits United’s needs.
First, let’s start by identifying what exactly those needs are.
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