Premier League: Manchester United have nearly completed their midfield renovation

Bruno Fernandes is making Manchester United forget about the wantaway Pogba and they are close to completing their midfield overhaul.

Solskjaer's approval ratings are high enough again for the Old Trafford choirmasters to rejig Ole's at the wheel, a metaphor still used by the oblivious in discussions surrounding the United manager's position. Football fans from around the world can purchase Premier League Football Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.

It has not been aired since August. Manchester United have not got Alexis Sanchez for now, and have not got Paul Pogba for much longer.

They have got Matic, Fernandes, and Fred in a midfield succession plan that is nearing completion.

Manchester United Pogba ankle injury

Ankle injury Pogba sustained at Southampton can, at this premature juncture, be classed as retrospectively working in Manchester United's favor.

Scott McTominay and Fred have established themselves in the Manchester United side and the prolonged absence of Pogba two cameos in just over five months had a major bearing on the mid-season move for Fernandes, a source of irritation in the summer and now inspiration.

Sunday marked a month since Fernandes made his Manchester United debut and, unlike certain Latino predecessors at the club, he is unlikely to peak in his first four weeks.

Jordan Pickford deserved an assist for the goal at Goodison Park, though Fernandes had three of Manchester United's five attempts on target six overall, delivered more crosses than any teammate, and embarked on the most dribbles.

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"I cannot really look at it that way," Solskjaer replied when asked if he wished Fernandes had arrived sooner in January.

I'm very happy he is here. You do understand Sporting wanting to keep him until the last minute because he was such an influential player for them as well. I do not look at it that way, no."

Manchester United lost four times in January and are unbeaten in six with Fernandes.

Roy Keane said I do not need stats when it comes to analyzing particular players and nobody can credibly dispute Fernandes's class on these early impressions.

He fashioned openings Mason Greenwood and Odion Ighalo spurned in the second-half, and his heat maps in the last four starts show Fernandes operates most productively in the left attacking midfield area that is preferred by Pogba.

No proper Manchester United supporter can side with Pogba over the club. He has remained mum while his agent has ridiculed Solskjaer and Pogba's last social media post read, the play never stops for the love of' a soft drink.

Manchester United are a poorer team without Pogba and a club better off without him. He and his agent have undermined two Manchester United managers and the executive vice-chairman, and Pogba has been knowingly offered to Manchester City and Real Madrid.

It can’t be a coincidence his last spell of form was just before Real Madrid reappointed Zinedine Zidane last March. Pogba was soon fluttering his eyelashes from the France national team's Clairefontaine base.

Fernandes Recruiting in winter window

Recruiting Fernandes in the winter window may salvage Manchester United's season and possibly make them a credible force next season. Rather than hurriedly arrive at a pre-season camp in another continent after the European Championship.

He will have been embedded at Manchester United for at least six months and familiar with the level of expectation. He is currently exceeding it.

Fernandes combined the most with Fred at Everton, where the Brazilian was more central than McTominay, guilty of getting too much chalk on his boots in the diamond.

Fred, McTominay and soon Fernandes will have claimed player of the month awards at Manchester United for the season, and it is testament to their standing that all three were accommodated at Goodison in a formation that Carlo Ancelotti belatedly neutered.

Matic, too, has enjoyed a lease of life. Manchester United have still not triggered the one-year extension in his contract but the presumption is they will, and retaining Matic might not just be a measure to obtaining a fee in the summer.

The 31-year-old excelled again at Everton after a midweek rest.

Keeping Matic for another year would ease the midfield transition after Manchester United failed to reinforce their midfield last year, despite selling Marouane Fellaini and losing Ander Herrera.

The benchmark clubs in the Premier League have a pool of at least six reliable midfielders and Manchester United accept they are short, and unflatteringly described the area was populated by bodies in October.

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