Manchester United’s midfielder search is not over. The captures of Youri Tielemans and Andrey Santos have gone some way to strengthening an area of the pitch left in skeletal form following the recent departure of Casemiro and Manuel Ugarte’s long-term injury.
But while Tielemans and Santos have brought with them from Aston Villa and Chelsea, respectively, an ability to control games with passing, with the Belgian in particular noted for his forward-thinking vision, a defensive-minded replacement for Casemiro is yet to be found.
