Gary Neville has chosen which players he'd love Manchester United to sign. The club legend picked three, and they all happen to be French players.
Fans on Twitter quizzed Neville on Tuesday, and he believes Old Trafford could use these three players in three different positions: Paris Saint-Germain attacker Kylian Mbappe, Chelsea midfield general N'Golo Kante, and Real Madrid center-back Raphael Varane.
Varane has long been linked with a move to Manchester and is thought to be a firm favorite of executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.
Varane , Kante and Mbappe https://t.co/cvI1uYJERh — Gary Neville (@GNev2) September 17, 2019
Varane was widely rumored to be keen on a summer move away from the Santiago Bernabeu to seek a new challenge. However, he ended up staying in Madrid. Mbappe's name has been dragged into transfer rumors too, as he was thought to leave PSG and go straight right to Real Madrid. Tipped as a future Ballon d'Or winner, he may be out of United's reach in their current state.
Meanwhile, Kante is a good investment as well. The France international has been linked with PSG in the summer, but Chelsea won't likely offer him to a Premier League rival.
Last term, United had unfortunately finished sixth. The club fell 31 points behind Liverpool and already find themselves seven behind the Reds, who are the current league leaders.
According to Neville, United would have better chances in the Premier League if they signed players the likes of Liverpool's own, specifically mentioning Fabinho, Roberto Firmino, and Virgil van Dijk. The United legend spilled his thoughts on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football, saying Liverpool have managed to progress rapidly over the last two seasons.
At the moment, Neville believes that Liverpool and the Red Devils are so far off each other in terms of skills, but if the Red Devils signed players similar to Jurgen Klopp's top players, they would stand a chance.
He said, as quoted by HITC: "If you put Van Dijk, Firmino and Fabinho in that team it would all of a sudden it would jump up enormous amounts. It absolutely would."
Manchester United have had a mixed start to the season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, currently ranking fourth. At the weekend, the club claimed a narrow 1-0 win against a very solid Leicester, with Marcus Rashford winning and scoring the penalty in a low scoring affair.
