Jamie Carragher believes Bruno Fernandes, Paul Pogba and Van de Beek as a midfield trio for United might bring some problems.
Van de Beek scored on his debut for United but it was not enough as the Red Devils lost out by a 3-1 scoreline to Crystal Palace.
The midfield pairing of Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes showed signs of promise towards of the end of last season.
However, the arrival of Donny van de Beek from Ajax this summer could upset the balance in midfield for United.
Pogba and Fernandes appeared to complement each other and Carragher says the Dutchman’s arrival could see United suffer against teams that counter-attack.
“Towards the end of last season United were playing really well and they’ll get back to that,” Carragher said as quoted by the Daily Mail.
“I’m not convinced this team, who have now become a more possession-based team since Fernandes has come in, Pogba is in centre of midfield, the more possession you have the more chance you can get counter attacked, that midfield for me is not right.”
“You’ve got Van de Beek in the No 10 who came on, Fernandes went back. I think that team will be far too easy to counter attack against.”
“And if I’m proven wrong I’ll come on this show and say so but for me, with the pace at centre back and how open they are in the centre of midfield – Manchester United are going to have a real problem stopping teams counter-attacking.”
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer might be left with a headache on how best to go about his midfield pairings. However, Van de Beek has shown glimpses of what is to come and how he could be another influential signing for the Red Devils.
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