Gary Neville says Man Utd need to bring in at least two top central midfielders in the summer transfer window and has laid out the profile of signings his former club require.
United prioritised bolstering their attack over the summer, spending more than £200m on Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko.
Michael Carrick has relied on a midfield pair of Kobbie Mainoo and Casemiro but the Brazilian is set to leave at the end of the season and alternative options are slim in the current squad.
United moved one step closer to Champions League qualification with Sunday’s 3-1 win over Aston Villa, cementing their place in third, and Neville warns they need reinforcements to cope with the tougher fixture schedule.
The centre of midfield is a problem,” Neville said on his Sky Sports podcast. “Kobbie Mainoo and Casemiro are doing a great job right now for Michael Carrick.
“However, every Man Utd fans in this stadium know that is going to be nowhere near enough when they start playing in the Champions League next season.
It is more than likely they will [qualify] and when they play a bit “further in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup and they are playing in the Champions League they are going to need three or four really good midfielder players.
“At the moment you’ve got Mainoo, a midfield player you can buy into, but you can’t really look at any of the others and think that is going to work.
“Casemiro is leaving and Manuel Ugarte I think will leave. They need two really good central midfield players. Probably one that’s more positional, like a Michael Carrick-type, and one that’s more of a destroyer.
“I do think the back needs looking at but the midfield would be the real focus in the summer transfer window.”
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