da blaze casino: Regardless of the crazy amounts of cash that have been spent down at Old Trafford in recent seasons, Manchester United are a club never seemingly far from the next big transfer head-line or suspicious newspaper story linking them with yet another young, up and coming Premier League star.
da realsbet: Louis van Gaal’s side are currently swimming along casually in the English top-flight without a great deal to concern them at the moment. The Red Devils are just about achieving some form of balance within a starting XI clearly hampered by a lack of top level experience and differing playing styles – but once again – the club will nonetheless be reportedly looking to improve their situation come the January transfer window just a few months down the line.
This latest exciting name to be linked with Manchester United may serve to surprise some of the Old Trafford faithful however, for Newcastle United’s Ayoze Perez isn’t exactly the most established striking option the Premier League has ever paid witness to. Quite the opposite actually – this is a player who has undoubtedly shown promise, but ultimately not a great deal more than that in what can still be considered the very early stages of his career.
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So then, is there actually any more to this story than pure speculation and heresy, or will Manchester United eventually move for the 22-year-old Spaniard as soon as the chance presents itself for Louis van Gaal?
Well, although most Premier League sides looking to make a name for themselves in the modern era wouldn’t give up a player like Ayoze Perez lightly, Newcastle United may well yet prove the anomaly in such a usually reliable trend.
The club’s chairman on Tyneside – the controversial and much disliked figure of Mike Ashley – very rarely sees fit to build upon what he already has at St. James’, often selling on certain assets just when his side finally look to be going places.
The likes of Andy Carroll, Yohan Cabaye and Demba Ba have all left the club in differing circumstances in recent years, with the sale of each player subsequently contributing to the current predicament Steve McClaren’s team find themselves in near the bottom of the Premier League table.
Although a fair amount was in-fact spent at the club this summer, the timing of such a huge injection of cash has hardly been ideal for Newcastle when they certainly could have used some of that money throughout the course of last season instead.
The Magpies could therefore easily see fit to cash in on Ayoze Perez should the time come this January, even if the club’s loyal fan-base would likely express a vastly opposing attitude on the matter.
The 22-year-old Spanish U21 international has proved one of the shining lights for Newcastle so far this season, successfully registering himself on the score-sheet on a couple of different occasions and certainly looking decent out on the pitch whilst doing so.
The former Tenerife man has a fair amount of technical ability to count upon within his locker, he can link-up effectively with each of his attacking teammates in the final third – and when it comes to taking on shots from anywhere just outside the opposition’s penalty box – Ayoze Perez has been far more impressive than most English football fans were initially expecting of the striker.
Manchester United have arguably proven themselves to be rather shrewd in reportedly targeting Perez for his services later on down the line. He wouldn’t likely cost the Red Devils an extortionate amount at this stage in the proceedings and he could easily improve among the Premier League with just a bit more top-flight experience firmly locked under his belt.
However, one question seemingly remains for Louis van Gaal within this whole discussion – do Manchester United actually need Ayoze Perez this January with all things considered?
The answer could well be, no. LVG already has a bit of a selection dilemma on his hands in keeping each of Memphis Depay, Anthony Martial, Juan Mata and Wayne Rooney all happy throughout the 2015/16 campaign. The Red Devils’ Dutch boss has failed to integrate all of those aforementioned names at the same time within his current ranks so far this term, so how he expects to include Ayoze Perez on top of that remains anyone’s guess…
Without guaranteed game time, the current Newcastle United star is never going to fulfill his potential among the English top-flight. Manchester United would therefore be better served looking elsewhere this winter – not just to do themselves a favour, but simply to do the right thing for every different party involved in this surprising, yet albeit equally unlikely, transfer story.
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