Ex-United man Paul Ince says the Red Devils should have moved to sign Wolves forward Raul Jimenez over Edinson Cavani.
Manchester United made the wrong choice signing an aging Cavani over forwards like Jimenez, says Paul Ince.
The Red Devils have been struggling to find a consistent spark across the field in the current season.
Their struggles came to light again in the 2-1 Champions League defeat to Istanbul Basaksehir on Wednesday night. United fired just two shots on target the whole game.
Anthony Martial was asked to lead the line in that contest, with Cavani being introduced off the bench.
Nigerian forward Odion Ighalo was an unused substitute and it showed United lacked enough firepower to produce goals on a consistent basis.
Ince believes part of that problem could have been solved with better recruitment in the last window. United only signed Cavani on deadline day and the ex-United man believes that deal should never have happened.
Ince told Ladbrokes: “There are so many players out there who could have come into that Man United team. You look at Thomas Partey and Raul Jimenez for example.”
“Last season United needed to bring in a striker and they go and get Odion Ighalo from China. What was that about? Go and spend £40 million on Jimenez. He’s a proven striker, a scorer. You know, and then they go and get Edinson Cavani who will hardly play.”
“You’ve got to look at the structure, the recruitment, the scouting system and think ‘what are they looking at?’ There’s a lot of good players out there, top, top players. Go and get these players. But they haven’t.”
“If you’re going to spend the money, put them in the team. I’m not having this ‘you’ve got to give them time’ – you’ve got to put them in straight away if you’re going to spend that money. Why would you spend £40m on a player who you’re going to just stick on the bench?”
In his defense, Ole Solskjaer insists Cavani is yet to hit full fitness and it’s only a matter of time before we see him on a more regular basis.
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