"When Manchester United call, the first thing you do is say no"

Gary Neville reflected the painful reality in his former team after the 2:1 to Brighton: "Ten Haah is not to blame, he needs a lot of time. Arnautovic? Desperate move."

In Spain, analysts: "Ronaldo is overwhelmed with reasons to leave"

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08/08/2022

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Summary of Brighton's 1:2 victory over Manchester United in the English league (Sport1)

Even for the most pessimistic, the opening round of a new season brings a glimmer of hope to fans.

Manchester United were hoping to get off to a new start under Erik ten Haag after being disappointed last season, but the bad feeling continued into the 2022/23 season with a 2:1 loss to Brighton in front of the home crowd at Old Trafford.

"Ensure immersive and sophisticated football with an exchange of places between the players," Sky wrote about Ten Haag's philosophy, "yesterday at Old Trafford it was the second team to play like that."

The one who remains particularly discouraged by the situation of the Red Devils is the legend of the club and the current commentator, Gary Neville, who provided a line of quotes that are both amazing and painful: "The first thing you do when Manchester United call you is to say no to the offer. This is the reality after the loss to Brighton. Now they are managing And giving and receiving is more inferior than the day before, and this is an even bigger problem for them."

United just want to forget about the opening round.

Fernandez (Photo: GettyImages, Michael Regan)

In the absence of available strikers, Ten Haah still chose to leave Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench, who did not undergo optimal preparation for the season, but brought him on in the 53rd minute when he was behind 2:0.

The Portuguese was not really able to make an impact.

In England, it was also reported during the game that the candidate to strengthen the Reds' forward in the short term is Marko Arnautovic, a player with experience in the Premier League who currently plays in the Italian Bologna after already spending time in the Chinese league.

From the point of view of the discouraged Neville, the Austrian cannot solve the problem of the Reds, but is just another example in the chain of veteran strikers who have been called to the flag in recent years.

"At United we saw Radamel Falcao, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Edinson Cavani and Odion Ighalo. These are desperate moves, it's a pattern that repeats itself time and time again. I can talk about anything in the world, Arnautovic to Manchester United? No response, I'm not anymore Gets annoyed by it."

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"The coach is not to blame, he needs a lot of time," Neville continued, "If you have a business where people can't do the job for you, you have to move them aside. United already knew six months ago or more that they needed to invest money this summer."

Of the three players who joined this summer, two of them came directly from the Dutch league (Lisandro Martins from Ajax and Tyrrell Malasia from Feyenoord), while the third (Christian Eriksen) also has a rich past in Holland.

This series of signings absolutely shows the fingerprint of Tan Haah, and it has caused Neville to raise questions about the scouting department at the club.

"Investing the resources in players from the Dutch league shows that the coach does not trust the dozens of people who follow players and goes for those he knows. There were players who came from this league and were successful in the Premier League, but it is not a market that has yielded the highest success rates. There is a feeling in the club that if they succeed in signing Frankie De Jong then it will be considered a successful transfer window.

Even in Spain, they did not remain indifferent to the result, and as expected, they treated the loss from the angle of Cristiano Ronaldo, who seemed frustrated by the fact that he did not start in the 11.

In "Marca" it is written that "Ronaldo is bursting with reasons to leave Manchester United. There are only more and more reasons for this, his face says it all."

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