Luke Shaw sends stark transfer message to Man Utd chief Ed Woodward
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Luke Shaw has called on Manchester United to spend big in the transfer market – or risk being left behind by their top-four rivals.
United slumped to a 3-1 defeat at home to Crystal Palace in their opening Premier League game of the season – setting alarm bells ringing at Old Trafford.
The Reds have made just one signing – Donny van de Beek, who scored on his debut – while their top-four rivals have all made strategic additions over the summer.
After Saturday’s shock defeat, United defender Shaw suggested the dismay felt by the club’s fans over the lack of signings is now shared by the players.
“We have a very good group,” said Shaw.
“But personally I think we need more players to strengthen the squad.
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“It can give us a boost.
“When you look around at how other teams are strengthening their teams, then we must also do it to keep up with the others.
“The pre-season we’ve had together is not the way it should have been. We’ve had a week all together.
“We haven’t been able to prepare in the way we wanted and that’s not an excuse, because we have the quality of players to be able to win games like this, but we weren’t up to it.”
Manchester United are looking to plot their path back to the top. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has already brought in Donny van de Beek but Jadon Sancho remains Manchester United’s number one target.
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Wilf Zaha says being made Crystal Palace skipper inspired his two-goal demolition of former club
Zaha’s brace maintained Palace’s 100 per cent start to the season, with the forward relishing being handed the captain’s armband by Roy Hodgson.
“Being captain for the side today, especially at Old Trafford, I’m buzzing we managed to get the three points,” said Zaha.
“I feel like we’ve got so much quality in the team, we just need to put it on the pitch.
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“Before the game, I was telling the team ‘believe in yourselves, don’t be scared to play your game’.
“Obviously we showed it and I’m not surprised by the two games we managed to win.”
“We know what United can do, but we wanted to impose ourselves on the game.
“We’ve got so much pace and attacking threat in the team, we just wanted to utilise it from the beginning.”
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