United are in need of more firepower following the sales of Robin van Persie and Angel Di Maria, while Radamel Falcao’s loan spell at Old Trafford also came to an end with the Red Devils opting not to make his stay permanent. The club did give debuts to many players and we rate the performances of the new boys who donned the Manchester United jersey.
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But United may have more luck in their pursuit of Barcelona’s Pedro, who has told his club he wants to leave, according to the Times. “I’m focussed on what I do”.
“But overall I thought there were positives for Tottenham, they were right in the game, they could have equalised late on and should have gone 1-0 up early on with a great bit of play between [Harry] Kane and [Christian] Eriksen. I’m excited and the season has started now, which is great, so I just want to get the games going, get into that rhythm and start scoring goals”.
The United manager, Louis van Gaal, has few options up front beyond Wayne Rooney, and he suggested after his team’s 1-0 win over Spurs on Saturday that he would like to add a high-class forward.
The Old Trafford giants have not made a formal bid but discreet enquiries have been made about Tottenham’s England global Kane.
“I know that if I don’t score in the next two or three games people are going to asking ‘so is he that one-season wonder?’ but it’s part of it”, he explained.
For the home fans at White Hart Lane, it’s something they would have been surprised to see, as their young team clawed back plenty of points from losing positions last season but were once again guilty of making naive mistakes defensively.
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The best player on the pitch on the first game of the season, Darmian showed just why he is so highly rated and was fantastic in both attacking and defensive duties. “It’s about little things like that”.
