Manchester United told they have signed a ‘bit of a flop

Former Match of the Day pundit Mark Lawrenson says Manchester United signed a ‘bit of a flop’ last summer.

The 2024 summer transfer window saw Leny Yoro, Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs De Ligt and Joshua Zirkzee arrive at Old Trafford.

French defender Yoro has barely play due to an injury he sustained during the club’s pre-season tour but Mazraoui and De Ligt have featured heavily for a team sitting in the bottom-half of the Premier League.

Zirkzee, meanwhile, has also rack สมัคร ufabet up the minutes but is yet to convince a large section of Manchester United fans and Liverpool legend Lawrenson.

The Netherlands forward scor on his Premier League debut back in August but then went over three months without a goal.

£36m signing Zirkzee score a brace in the 4-0 win over Everton at the start of. December and in the 4-3 Carabao Cup defeat to Tottenham earlier this week, but Lawrenson is yet to be convinc.

‘Joshua Zirkzee has been a bit of a flop since joining Manchester United in the summer,’ he told Paddy Power.

‘I don’t like using that word, but he’s just been in and out of the team and hasn’t had any consistency. 

‘The forward players at United are all fighting for their place in the team and it seems like unless you play outstandingly, there is no guarantee that you’ll be in the team the next week. 

‘This shows to me that the manager has a much bigger job on his hands. Every time Rúben Amorim picks a team, it’s different, because he’s trying to work out his best team from his squad. 

The problem is that the manager has too many players to pick from and he won’t be able to keep them all happy.’ 

Zirkzee is not the only Manchester United forward struggling to impress, with. Marcus Rashford dropping out of the team under. Ruben Amorim and now looking set to end his long association with the Red Devils.

Earlier this week he admit he was ‘ready’ to leave and Lawrenson expects Rashford to be on the move in January.

‘From Marcus Rashford’s interview, I think he’s already decid on what he wants to do next,’ Lawrenson added.