Up until the weekend, it seemed virtually certain that Alvaro Morata was destined to become Manchester United’s new No.9 and the most important signing of their rebuild to date. Club officials were in Spain to close out a £61.5 million deal that would make him the most expensive Spaniard of all time, but now Cristiano Ronaldo has thrown a spanner in the works and given them another reason to travel to Madrid.
before getting a fast paced player like morata or ronaldo, united needs faster paced midfield to keep up.