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Moyes’s Manchester United Midfield remains a mystery

If you were to ask any Manchester United fan as to who has been the standout player so far, the answer would unanimously be Michael Carrick. But the problem for David Moyes has been the fact that, he has been unable to find him a suitable partner in crime. It is early days but David Moyes is yet to impart a clear identity on his side and his approach has been cautious to say the least. The need for a creative midfielder wasn’t addressed in the summer and it looks like it might yet come back to bite them.

Although there bids for Fàbregas and then Ander Herrera, they only managed to sign Marouane Fellaini, who has so far at least, turned out to be a poor man’s Carrick and doesn’t seem to be the player United were clamoring for. The injury to Cleverley and the continued absence of Anderson, means that the dynamism and industry is almost absent alongside the metronomic Carrick.  Whilst it will surely take Moyes some time to get his midfield sorted out, the current one looks bland and is severely lacking in ambition and invention.