Manchester United was eliminated from the FA Cup on Sunday after being beaten by the rivals of the Premier League Fulham in penalties in Old Trafford.
The Red Devils found themselves 1-0 to a head of Calvin Bassey, but fought to draw at Bruno Fernandes, taking the game for more time.
Ruben Amorim’s team could not find a winner in the additional 30 minutes and the draw fell on kicks, with two failures for United sealing their fate and refusing a quarter -final confrontation in the competition they won under Erik Ten Hag last season.
It was a disappointing performance and result for United, in a season that feels full for the club, and the last realistic chance of Amorim to a trophy This term is now the Europa League.
The Portuguese head coach, who joined Sporting to replace Ten Hag, may already have an eye on the summer transfer window and the decisions he will have to take up several players.
A player who could be on the blockage is the Swedish central defender Victor Lindelof, who was one of the players to miss the place on Sunday.
Victor Lindelof’s performance against Fulham
The 30 -year -old central rear came out of the bench to replace Leny Yoro The 54th minute And may not expect to accumulate 67 minutes of action, including prolonged times.
As part of a back to three, Lindelof was quite protected and made a sufficiently decent performance against the Cottager, Win all three of its duels and supplementing 96% of its passing attempts.
The Swedish international Make four authorizations And two plated, without being dribbled in front of once, and seemed to be on the right track for a solid outing in the heart of the defense.
Unfortunately, however, Lindelof’s bravery finally dropped it. The central rear has intensified to take one of the penalties, before Alejandro Garnacho and Chido Obi-Martin, and saw its fairly weak effort saved by Bernd Leno.
As you can see in the clip above, the Swedish Titan has proven in the past that it can move away from the penalties in times under pressure from the FA Cup, marking at Wembley to reserve a place in the final in 2023.
Despite a decent performance outside of his penalty, Lindelof is one of the players who should be moved by Amorim in the summer window.
Why Victor Lindelof should be released
The former Benfica star is out of contract At the end of June and he did not do enough on the ground to suggest that the Portuguese head coach should seek to extend his agreement to Old Trafford.
With only a few months to do in the season, Lindelof has again to start A Premier League match for United. His six appearances in the High Volt were as a substitute, which talks about the place where he is in the hierarchical order of central defenders.
This shows that it is not a first -line option for United, because it has rarely been selected by Ten Hag or Amorim, although this was part of his recent struggles against injuries.
As you can see in the table below, Lindelof remained relatively without injury, without long-term absence, during his first years at the club, but he missed 37 games since the start of the last mandate.
The history of injuries of Victor Lindelof | ||
|---|---|---|
Season | Wounds | Missed games |
24/25 | 2 | 15 |
23/24 | 2 | 22 |
22/23 | 1 | 4 |
21/22 | 3 | 5 |
20/21 | 1 | 3 |
19/20 | 3 | 2 |
18/19 | 1 | 5 |
17/18 | 0 | 0 |
Lindelof, who has Made 270 appearances In all the competitions for the Red Devils, has not been reliable enough in terms of availability in the last two seasons, which has also led him to be on the sidelines of the team.
Consequently, Amorim must allow the experienced central defender to spend from Old Trafford in summer when his contract expires, but he is not the only player to be mercilessly released.
Argentina international Alejandro Garnacho is another failure that the former sports director must cash when the summer transfer window opens for business.
Why Alejandro Garnacho should be sold
First, there has been reported Of several clubs in the January transfer window, notably Napoli, Chelsea, Juventus and Atletico Madrid.
This suggests that there are many teams that would be willing to do business with United if they decided to sell Garnacho when the next window opens, rather than that of the Red Devils who need to find a team to remove the player from them.
The 20-year-old dynamo has experienced great moments in a united shirt, as shown in the clips above, but its regression in the current campaign is a concern for its decision to descend the tunnel after being replaced against Ipswich last week the Nadir of its career last week.
It was a moment that moved, Including the writer Man United Alex TurkWho suggested that the young person should “grow a little”.
So with Garnacho (£ 50k per week) would have won more That the teammates Patrick Dorgu (£ 40,000 per week) and Kobbie Main (20 km per week), his performances down on the field suggest that the club should be certified to encourage it before seeking to increase their salary.
Alejandro Garnacho (Premier League) | 23/24 | 24/25 |
|---|---|---|
Apparitions | 36 | 26 |
Goals | 7 | 3 |
Big chances missed by 90 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Big chances created | 6 | 3 |
Aid | 4 | 1 |
Key Persses by 90 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
As you can see in the table above, the production of the Academy’s graduate in the last third of the Premier League has decreased this season, with more “big chances” failed for 90, less goals and less help and key passes for 90.
This essentially means that the young Uni does not offer as much as in the 2023/24 campaign as a difference in difference in front of the goal, which made him less and less effective on the ground.
These statistics show that Garnacho, who missed two “big chances” In the defeat against Fulham to penalties, the trend is downward and United should seek to extract the maximum from its current value, in the midst of the interest of a multitude of teams.
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Selling it now could lead United to hit the jackpot if its form continues to fall in the coming years and its value falls with it, which is why Amorim must finally have abandoned it, after having opted against it in January, as well as Lindelof in summer.
