Manchester United’s former goalkeeper and their legendary shot stopper Edwin Van der Sar has come out in his latest interview and revealed that he thinks that the Red Devils need to improve their midfield department. Manchester
United’s midfield has been their weakest area of the squad for several years now.
Sir Alex Ferguson has used http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 in the midfield department to insert some sort of creativity but United’s failings of late have been a testament to their
midfield frailties. Last season, United reached the final of the UEFA Champions League but their midfield could not cope with the movement of Iniesta and the vision of Xavi as a result, they lost the pen-ultimate encounter at Wembley by three goals to one
against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752’s team did win the English Premier League last season but now Ferguson hopes to break Barcelona’s dominance in Europe, something that looks next to impossible with United’s current midfield setup. Sir Alex is hoping that
Cleverley will be the answer to United’s midfield issues but the English youngster has proven to be injury prone despite being quite talented in his approach to the game.
Van der Sar said in his interview, "We need to play more touches on the ball, personally speaking. Not playing long anymore, we need to have more touches on the ball, especially in the midfield. Hopefully, if we do that we can
beat them (Barcelona) this year. We lost this year in the final against Barcelona and hopefully this season we can improve."
Van der Sar said that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-de-Gea-c10463 has been very good for Manchester United so far and the Spanish youngster will have a good chance to develop as a goalkeeper at Manchester United considering the fact that Sir Alex is keen on
using him as his number one goalkeeper. Manchester United face Swansea City in their next league encounter after the international break comes to a close. United will hope that they can close down the five point gap that exists between them and their local
rivals Manchester City at the top of the English Premier League table.
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