Do Manchester United need January signings? Neville gives his verdict

As the January transfer window beckons, Gary Neville gives his verdict on whether Manchester United need to make more signings.

Gary Neville reckons there is room for improvement at Manchester United, but the former skipper insists the club won’t make any panic buys in January and should only make a move if the right player is available.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are the Premier League’s most in-form team, having won six of their last seven league games (D1).

This impressive run of form has lifted United into third-place in the league standings, five points behind pacesetters Liverpool, and with a game in hand over their rivals. They’ve also progressed to the EFL Cup semi-finals.

A Champions League group stage exit, however, has left the Red Devils to contend with Europa League football for the rest of the season.

So, based on how the campaign has gone so far, should Solskjaer search for new talent in the January transfer window?

“If the right player is available then yes, Manchester United should go into the January transfer market because they need to improve the team,” answered Neville on the Gary Neville podcast.

“But if the player is not there, they won’t panic, they have been doing things a bit better in the market in recent years.

“What I would say is that Manchester United are a confusing bunch, two or three weeks ago you looked and this team and thought it would be a tough old season. They went out of Europe, the performance in the first half at West Ham was really poor, I was there.

“But if you look at the result at Everton, the glass is half full. The squad has been used after the performance against Leeds, where they were brilliant. Six goals against Leeds then nine changes against Everton, everyone is involved and playing.”

The Red Devils will take a trip to the King Power Stadium for a Boxing Day clash with second-place Leicester City in the Premier League.

Neville continued: “Leicester is a big game on Boxing Day, but if they were to go there and win, they would really be gathering some confidence.

“Contrast that to a couple of weeks ago where there were questions over the manager’s job – not from me, I always thought Ole should get to the end of this season as a minimum.

“But as he walked off the pitch at Goodison with a smile on his face, the fans will be happy, the players on the pitch have a lot of quality and if they can just get into a rhythm and start to produce performances, real performances over 90 minutes, there’s a bunch of players with big character and quality.

“They have not molded together yet as a team, but they are getting better, they are getting stronger, they have match-winners.”