MANCHESTER UNITED PREPARED TO RESTRAIN FROM THE JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW
What are the chances of Manchester United making a transfer deal for any incoming player in the current month of January 2019? Below 35%.
Yes the truth remains that fans of any football club will not necessarily welcome the thought of the football club forfeiting the opportunity to enhance their teams productivity on the pitch especially during this new millennial era when the massive difference in strength contained within the currency between countries in Europe has diminished Meaning clubs might not have to endure so much tax charges whenever business is done between two clubs in Europe. Despite the reprieve on tax expenditure afforded to the European Union in recent times, the January transfer window from the Manchester United looks set to be one where Manchester United chooses not to engage in any transfer deals at all.
According to Manchester United current interim manager Ole Gunner Solskjaer, Manchester United will not be participating in the ongoing January transfer window because the club has concluded that the number of players currently within the Manchester United team has shown enough potential to successfully win Trophies in the near future without any major tinkering in the team via the transfer window. So, in short term, Manchester United appear to be investing in its own players by believing the current crop of players is good enough to successfully win a trophy within the next two seasons. Save money to make money. Sounds simple enough but is this an advisable, positive, option?
The thing with choosing to be dormant during the transfer window season is that choosing not to participate in the transfer window tends to hand other big clubs the advantage of improvement or growth over Manchester United. Granted at the moment interim manager Ole Gunner Solskjaer is proving that current Manchester United team, though shaky at some points this season, has enough quality to make their way into the top four of the Premier League table and possibly challenge for the UEFA Champions League trophies.
The jury might still be deliberating on whether or not the amount of Manchester United fans who support the notion that Manchester United should not do business this January will be enough to silence the anticipated mob of supporters who will demand Manchester United bring in one or two more talents this summer but at the moment, the Manchester United owners appear to be content with the current Manchester United team. One aspect of the transfer window which Manchester United has to remember is that during the transfer window, improving a football does not just focus on buying players this January but improvement is also about taking away the elements that make a club problematic. The fact is that Manchester United have a lot of players who do not play up to the level demanded from Manchester United players.
Consider this, if Manchester United have 30 players that can perform with the high-level capacity expected from the typical Manchester United team then why was Manchester United constantly struggling to be a creative team last season? evidence from Manchester United’s last Emirates Cup meeting with Reading suggests that maybe Jose Mourinho should not be the only one walking out Old Trafford by the start of the Summer Transfer Window.
The biggest, eye-catching issue for Manchester United is not just centered on Manchester United seemingly not interested in bringing in a couple new players that might help stabilize the Manchester United teams current progress, this January at least, but the issue that demands attention at Old Trafford is also the idea that Manchester United seem reluctant in taking some necessary actions in the transfer window that will with improving the club further down the line. Actions such as releasing players or cutting down on the number of games certain players who have reached certain ages in their career is also an integral part of setting the team up for success in the present & future. Players such as Juan Mata, Antonio Valencia, and Phil Jones are a few examples of players who are on the verge of losing their careers at Manchester United in the middle of the year 2019.
However, with the departure of Jose Mourinho, ED Woodward seem to have withdrawn from his decision to retain some of the veteran players come July 2019. Landing on the topic of veteran players leaving Manchester United, according to the actions of Manchester United executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, Manchester United appears to finally be ready to wave farewell to some of Manchester United’s veterans. Recent developments have revealed that Manchester United is currently showing increasing resistance in renewing the contract of Ashley Young after having discussions with Old Trafford previous first choice full-back Ashley Young. Young’s current contract with Manchester United is poised to expire this summer 2019 and Manchester United’s growing hesitation to prolong Ashley Youngs contract further fuels the idea that Ashley Young might be left with no choice but to see out the last few months left on his current contract and part ways with Manchester United this upcoming summer.
Italian club Inter Millan holds the clear and only lead in the race to sign the English left back with the “Azzuri’s” (Inter Milan's nickname) lining up a free deal to move Ashley Young to Internationale by July 2019. Considering the idea that at the age of 33 Ashely Young is rapidly close to retirement and Manchester United is certainly a club built on operating with speed or quickness, accepting the offer to assist the English international move to Italy will definitely be beneficial to both Manchester United & Inter Milan. Manchester United’s vice-chairman Ed Woodward has already stated his strong resolve to remodel the Red Devils this summer, with the removal of Jose Mourinho as the head manager of Manchester United at the late winter of 2019.
With Manchester United showing serious signs of reshaping itself into a club that operates with Young, Agile, players once again the possibility of Manchester United embarking on the quest to part ways with the clubs veteran players is not beyond the realms of reality.