The British " Times " report revealed that Ten Hag regards Manchester United new team spirit McTominay as an important midfield player (pivotal player) and will definitely not sell him this summer.
British media said that Newcastle United and other Premier League teams have asked McTominay whether to sell, while Manchester United has stated that it does not intend to accept any offers. The 25-year-old Mai is a player promoted by Mourinho and has always been the main midfielder under Solskjaer.
Although his ability is considered to be flawed, he is better because of his fighting spirit and excellent physical fitness. Manchester United currently only has three players who can play as a defensive midfielder. Apart from McTominay, they only have Fred and teenagers James Garner .
Therefore, McTominay, who has represented Manchester United 170 times, is likely to become Frenkie de Jong's partner in the defensive midfielder position in the new season. His size and confrontational ability are a major advantage over his former partner Fred.
Of course, if Manchester United still has the funds to introduce a new defensive midfielder, then McTominay and Fred may become substitutes. The latest defensive midfielder to be linked with Manchester United is Leicester City's Tielemans. He has only the last year of his contract with the Blue Fox and the transfer fee is only 25 million pounds. However, the 25-year-old Belgian international Tielemans is also an organizational midfielder and is not good at defense.
Therefore, there is a theory that Ten Hag may introduce Lisandro Martinez, his central defender in Ajax , and arrange for him to partner De Jong in the defensive midfielder. The Argentinian central defender is less than 180cm tall and is a ball-controlling central defender. He may not be suitable to play as a central defender in the Premier League. But in his position on the field, he also has defensive midfielder attributes.
"The Times" stated that once Manchester United introduces De Jong and Feyenoord left back Terrell Malacia, they will join the ranks of Arsenal competing for Martinez. Ajax has a price tag of 45 million pounds for the 24-year-old Martinez, and Arsenal has already quoted 34 million pounds.
One of the theories is that in order to compete for Martinez, Manchester United told Ajax: We will pay 5 million more than Arsenal offers. Of course, this statement has not been confirmed by reliable sources and is purely a rumor on social networking sites. However, according to the French "Team" report, Manchester United's introduction of Malaysia , which had already reached an agreement with French Ligue Lyon, is indeed adopting this model - giving Feyenoord 2 million euros more than the French, and Provide better personal treatment and ultimately successfully intercept the Hu.
If Manchester United can get Martinez, he can compete with Maguire , Varane and Lindelof for the starting central defender position, and he can also compete for playing opportunities in the defensive midfielder. It is not new for Manchester United to use a Dutch central defender to play as a midfielder. In the past, Van Gaal bought Daley Blind from Ajax, who played the central defender, left back and midfielder positions.
If Manchester United cannot get Martinez and does not sign other midfielders, then McTominay, Fred or Garner will be able to assist De Jong. In the eyes of many people, this will be a bad idea. The defensive strength of the field is definitely insufficient.
