Manchester United take on Juventus in Turin in this evening’s Champions League, but as they make this important trip to Italy they may want to take the time to thrash out potential deals for the January transfer window.
Many of United’s top rumoured targets play in Serie A at the moment, so it may well be that they’ll be doing Juventus a big favour in the near future by raiding some star names from their rivals.
In doing so, however, the Red Devils could also find the best quality talent to address the weaknesses in this squad, with those areas of vulnerability likely to be punished again by a strong Juve side this evening.
In defence, it seems clear United are crying out for one world class centre-back with his best years also still to come.
They need not look further than Inter Milan star Milan Skriniar, who was recently linked as one of United’s top January targets by ESPN, stating he’d likely cost around £40million.
That’s a bargain fee for a 23-year-old who could dominate for years to come in the Premier League, and finally give MUFC a back-line they can trust after a difficult first half of the season.
Jose Mourinho’s side have already conceded a remarkable 18 goals in 11 league matches this season – only five teams in the whole division have conceded more, and they occupy five of the six bottom positions in the table.
But it’s not just defensively where United need to improve – they have been admittedly quite unlucky with just how badly Alexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku in particular have let them down.
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