United play better on the counter attack, which doesn’t suit Ronaldo’s game. Shaw’s an OK crosser of the ball but nobody else is for United. Greenwood is their future, Rushford has more energy and is better from wide than Ronaldo now is, Fernandes starts, they’ve already got one aged overpaid striker from the bench who knows where the net is in Cavani, what would he possibly bring them apart from disharmony. He’s pretty much counter to how Ole has been trying to get them playing.
When Van Persie went there he was filling a void. Same for Ibrahimovich. Ronaldo would just be pointless and expensive.
True, some tweaking maybe required but I am sure they will find a way to fit him in, I just hope it doesn’t work out.
Outside of the top 6, I wouldn’t think they would need to play on the counter and possibly with the additions this summer this may change especially with Ronaldo coming in but guess we will see how it develops.
That is how they’ve been playing against teams outside of the top 6, I think because much of their side are defensively inclined. I don’t know whether Sancho coming in changes that.
Said it the other day…I think Tiago is the only player to ever follow Pep, and he was really only a kid trying to establish himself in Pep’s final seasons.