So far this season, Manchester United have had a good run.

They sit second in the league standings behind Chelsea.

It was United's highest league finish in recent years at the end of the Premier League's Christmas fixtures.

Looking at the Premier League's historical data over the past decade, 82.5 per cent of the top four teams in the Premier League table on Christmas Day have maintained their top-four position at the end of the season. But for those teams who finish fourth on Christmas, only four of them will be able to qualify for the Champions League at the end of the season.

Currently, the top four places in the Premier League are Chelsea (46), Manchester United (42), Liverpool (40) and Manchester City (39).

If the results of the statistics are to be confirmed at the end of the season, Manchester United will retain a top-four finish and have a good chance of returning to the Champions League.

Even.

They can also look forward to winning the league title.

After all, the gap between Manchester United and Chelsea is not desperate.

So many years have passed.

For the first time, Manchester United fans are looking forward to the title race as they get closer to the league schedule.

Chu Ge knew that this should be a good thing.

No one will refuse a champion.

However.

It's hard.

Although the team's results are good, whether it is Chu Ge or Ferguson, they are very clear in their hearts.

Manchester United's current strength is actually not enough to win the championship.

This is not to say that Ferguson is not strong enough, nor is it that the Manchester United players with Chu Ge, Pogba, Kante and De Gea as the central axis are not capable, but a team needs a lot of things to win the title.

And.

Also statistically, seven of the Premier League Christmas champions in the last 10 years have comfortably lifted the league trophy at the end of the season.

The three less fortunate teams were Arsenal in 2007-08 and Liverpool in 2008-09 and 2013-14.

And now, the Premier League's Christmas champion is Chelsea.

Not Arsenal,

Nor Liverpool.

Compared to Chelsea, the favourites to win the title, Manchester United's squad has an absolute shortcoming.

That's what they can defend.

Manchester United are the only team in the Premier League's top six to concede a goal in every game.

David De Gea has not won a single clean sheet in the league since the start of the competition.

That's why Ferguson wants to bring in a centre-back just around the corner of the winter transfer window.

He wants to bring in a strong defender to assist David De Gea and do a good job defensively for Manchester United.

At least don't concede goals in every game.

Each game comes with a 0:1 buff kick,

Who can withstand this?

If it weren't for Chu Ge's average goal per game goal efficiency to make up for this defect of the team, maybe Manchester United would have fallen to the middle of the league standings at this time.

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Chu Ge carefully flipped through the information.

He is not a professional football manager.

But he is also the champion football manager and the super coach (dog head) who has won the championship in FIFA football.

As a super striker with countless goals, he directly faces the defenders of various teams on the football field, how to judge the ability of the defenders, Chu Ge still has some B numbers in his heart

……

Lindelof.

Sweden international, Benfica player, central defender, 22 years old.

He is tall, has excellent running ability, and has excellent confrontation ability and ball ability. Defending frontally is his strength, but his lack of experience and sometimes poor positioning and judgment are his weaknesses.

Overall, Lindelof is a young man with a lot of potential.

Benfica has a price tag of €50 million and his agent is very interested in a move to Manchester United.

Bailly.

Ivory Coast central defender, Villarreal player, 22 years old.

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Chu Ge looked at it line by line.

Manchester United's scouting department is professional and provides detailed information, including a number of match reviews and videos.

Chu Ge took a general look.

The players included in this list are all centre-backs, and they are mostly young defenders.

It also shows Manchester United's transfer ideas.

Since Woodward took charge, United have always prioritised young people in the transfer market.

It's all a bit like Arsenal in the past.

It's just that most of the Zhengtai collected by Arsenal are not expensive.

The young people targeted by Manchester United are basically famous, and the transfer price is very expensive.

Most of the players on this list, such as Victor Lindelof, Chu Ge does not know.

But.

During his time at Real Madrid, Chu Ge had played against Villarreal and therefore had some impressions of their centre-back Eric Bailly.

It's just not impressive.

In this list, Chu Ge was more impressed, and there were four people in total.

Three are from Serie A, namely Manolas of Roma, De Vrij of Lazio, and Kalidou Koulibaly of Napoli.

The other is Virgil van Dijk of Southampton in the Premier League.

"I think Van Dijk is good."

Chu Ge gave his opinion.

He looked at Ferguson.

'We've had one meeting with Southampton. We won that game but I was impressed with their centre-back Virgil van Dijk. He's the kind of player who thinks he's very talented at first glance. Moreover, he played for Southampton and did not have the problem of adapting to the Premier League and living in England. ”

"If we were to buy a defender, I think he's the right fit for us."

After listening to Chu Ge's suggestion, Ferguson and Giggs glanced at each other.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Ferguson said: "What about Van Dijk? Who do you like more about the other players? ”

"Others?" Chu Ge thought seriously for a moment, and then without hesitation, he gave a new name: "Koulibaly." ”

Giggs laughed.

"You see, I'm right. The ones selected by Chu must be the most expensive players on the list. ”

Belch......

Chu Ge explained briefly, "Actually, I didn't pay attention to their estimated worth. Virgil van Dijk is the best man I think is the best fit for the team and Kalidou Koulibaly is what I think is the best defender on this list. ”

Ferguson laughed: "I understand. Alright, I understand your opinion. Go back and get some rest. The next game in Middlesbrough is our last game of the year. I want to see a win. ”

He smiled and patted Chu Ge on the shoulder, signaling that Chu Ge could leave.

Chu Ge nodded.

Before leaving, he thought for a moment and added: "If the transfers of Virgil van Dijk and Kalidou Koulibaly are difficult to achieve, Manolas and De Vrij are good candidates as well. I've played them in Serie A and the Champions League and if they can come here it will help us a lot. ”

There are many variables in the transfer market.

Sometimes a little flexibility is needed.

Alternatives are sometimes necessary for the first choice to be good.