Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel has named two gamers the membership ought to ‘by no means’ have bought.
For the reason that departure of Sir Alex Ferguson, United have spent closely on gamers who didn’t ship, together with Antony, Jadon Sancho and Romelu Lukaku, whereas permitting academy graduate Scott McTominay to depart.
McTominay helped Napoli win the Serie A title final season and was nominated for the 2025 Ballon d’Or. Schmeichel mentioned he nonetheless can’t imagine United bought him for simply £25m.
The Pink Devils additionally lately allowed Rasmus Hojlund to affix Napoli, a transfer that Schmeichel described as painful. Hojlund, 22, joined on mortgage with an choice to make the switch everlasting and scored simply 14 minutes into his debut. Schmeichel mentioned he “actually believes” the striker might have been a key participant for United.
“I’d say Scott McTominay and Rasmus Hojlund are the 2 gamers who ought to by no means have left,” the previous goalkeeper advised Sky Guess.
“The one that actually pains me is Hojlund. I actually imagine he might have been a 25-goal-a-season-striker for Manchester United.
“The issue wasn’t him – it was the best way the workforce performed. The system didn’t swimsuit him.
“The ball into the quantity 9 by no means got here, although Rasmus was making actually good runs. The followers noticed it.
“As for McTominay, I actually can’t say something aside from why. Why was he allowed to depart?”
Schmeichel, nonetheless, backed Manchester United’s choice to dump Cameroonian goalkeeper Andre Onana.
