MANCHESTER UNITED TALK : EMIRATES CUP MATCH DAY & TRANSFER BUSINESS
The Kalidou Koulibaly saga continues as Manchester United continues
to hunt for one of the most desired defenders in most parts of Europe.
Manchester United have not been too subtle in their quest to sign the current
Napoli defender with agents from the English giants frequently making trips to
Italy presumably to the San Paolo stadium home to Italian club Napoli to scout
the Senegalese defender. Napoli owner De Laurentis has been busy rejecting each
bid placed for Koulibaly by Manchester United in the possible anticipation of
either retaining Napoli’s number one centre back or making certain that should
Koulibaly be sold this January or during the 2019 summer transfer Napoli will
have secured the highest capital possible to sign a replacement defender during
the 2019 summer transfer window.
Koulibaly exit from Italian club appears to be only a matter
of time after Napoli’s club owner Aurelio De Laurentis confirmed the fierce
interest and fierce pursuit of Koulibaly from Manchester United. Although the Italian
clubs president appears willing to open business discussion with Manchester
United for the Senegalese defenders move to Old Trafford, De Laurentis did warn
Manchester United that Kalidou Koulibaly’ exit from SSC Napoli will not be
approved for January 2019. With Manchester United clearly intent on not backing
down from their incessant pursuit of Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly, speaking to
reporters in recent weeks De Laurentis confirmed that his Napoli’s side hands
might be tied when Kalidou Koulibaly possible move to Manchester United in the
summer of 2019 is concerned.
Manchester United still have a couple of huddles left to
scale if Executive Vice Chairman with the help of the future Manchester United
manager are indeed successful in completing the signing of Kalidou Koulibaly.
However, should Manchester United finally land the Senegalese centre back, Napoli
will not be letting Kalidou Koulibaly go until the 2019 summer transfer window.
A lot of Manchester United fans are still not completely comfortable with the
reality of Manchester United having to wait until the summer of 2019 to finally
start seriously picturing the possibility of Kalidou Koulibaly wearing a
Manchester United shirt next season. Some thoughts juggling around Old Trafford
seems to be coming in the shape of a question which is if Manchester United are
eventually going to secure Kalidou Koulibaly move to Manchester United, why
wait until the summer of 2019?
What is stopping Manchester United from paying the players
buy out price and getting Kalidou Koulibaly into the club before the conclusion
of the January 2019 transfer window? The short answer is Necessity. Koulibaly
has played an integral part of what Napoli football club has achieved in Italy
so far and with the Serie A still on route to concluding their current season,
Koulibaly has to remain a Napoli player at least until May 2019.
Time to shift from the thrilling world of the Transfer Window
and turn our attention back to Manchester United’s Emirates Cup match scheduled
to take place today. Now, the discussion about how Arsenal manager Unai Emery
has quickly transformed Arsenal from a B Rated team into a class A trophy
contender in less than a year is nothing short of phenomenal and although this
is officially a website dedicated primarily to focusing and promoting
Manchester United football club, there should be nothing wrong with giving
Arsenal credit where credit is due.
The Gunners have really done well in the positive transformations taking place at Arsenal football club. With that been said, the
question now remains: How will Manchester United go about the business of
defeating Arsenal this Friday evening?
Manchester United might be able to match Arsenal in the
midfield and centre forward position with players such as Paul Pogba, Lucas Torriera
really jostling for power in the mid field because as much as Paul Pogba is and
will be a power house in the match on Friday, Lucas Torriera is a player that
should be watched in tonight’s match much like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a
player that will more than likely hurt Manchester United in tonight’s Emirates
Cup match if Aubameyang is given an opportunity. Manchester United should
absolutely be prepared to try and nullify the danger of the pace Arsenal
players will possesses with Manchester United possibly enforcing pace of their
own through players such as Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial out wide. Manchester United might have a problem
dealing with Arsenals quality in counter attacking speed so expect to see
Manchester United’s full backs hesitant in joining Manchester United attack
tonight.
Players such as Mesut Özil, Aaron Ramsey and Lucas Torriera
have been sublime outlets when Arsenal are on the mood to trigger their counter
attacking options and other players such as Hector Bellerin, Sead Kolašinac,
Alex Iwobi and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang are runners whom are always willing to
chase any ball supplied behind Arsenals opposition so Ole Gunner Solskjaer has
to find a way to always keeps the Manchester United defenders sharp and avoid
loosing sight of each Arsenal player. Manchester United will not have a problem
with making and receiving outlet passes because players such as Fred Rodriguez,
Paul Pogba are exceptional at picking the right passes for speed merchants
Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and even Romelu Lukaku (to some extent).
However, the X-Factor
for Arsenal whom Ole Gunner Solskjaer has to prepare for is the French man Mateo
Guendouzi. The French midfielder has made a habit of quietly doing the dirty
work for Arsenal football club. Breaking up the opponents’ attack, tackling and
any other situation that needs to be dealt with so Manchester United midfielder
must keep an eye on Guendouzi tonight.
Manchester United players with the guidance of caretaker Ole
Gunner Solskjaer have achieved such a phenomenal feet beyond what was expected
from the team during this unplanned transitional managerial period. The
impressive achievements Ole Gunner Solskjaer has managed to achieved has even
put Solskjaer neck to neck in the running as Manchester United permanent
manager. However, the point has to be stressed that a loss tonight must not
deter Manchester United’s positivity. A loss was always possible but the
ability to move past the bump on the road and keep steam rolling is the
important goal for Ole Gunner Solskjaer, The Glazer’s and Manchester United
fans must remember.