Marco Reus and Koke: A dream partnership at Old Trafford?

Seventh in the league table with half the season already gone, and no immediate sign of catching up with their key rivals at the top of the pile, it can be safely said that Manchester United are not having the best of seasons.

There can be many reasons United’s below par showing this season can be attributed to. A major reason everyone seems to have picked up on is the change of guard at the helm of the club.

Obviously filling the shoes of a personality like Sir Alex Ferguson is no meagre task, and for David Moyes, this first season was always going to be a bit of a learning phase, but a lot of the critics and fans have overlooked the fact, that managing a club of the size and stature of Manchester United, under the intense scrutiny of the entire world is very difficult. Moyes has shouldered a lot of the blame for his side’s dismal showing this season, but I believe more than him, the blame has to lie with the players.

A manager can tell you how to play and what to play. He can give you a game plan, but he cannot execute it for you. At the end of the day it has to be the player who executes the plan out on the pitch, and I believe that the biggest problem for United this season has been their inability to show any kind of creativity in the midfield or the attacking third.

At times their play has been almost pedestrian. Cleverley has been massively disappointing, the wing play from Young, Valencia and Nani has been shocking and constant injuries especially to key players like Robin van Persie has affected them.

For anybody who has seen Manchester United play this season, it is clear that the midfield needs to do a lot better. Carrick’s absence for a long part of the first half of the season saw the midfield without any sort of creativity or discipline at times. Carrick has a way of controlling the pace and the rhythm of the game which United missed in his absence, and even though Moyes tried out Phil Jones in the centre of the park, you could see its not enough.

At such a time, the January transfer window is nothing short of a godsend for Moyes. Needing to bring in players to try and spark a revival, and the promise of a massive transfer kitty to be given to Moyes by the Glazers, United can finally look forward to some new faces being brought in.

Amidst the loads of names that have been linked with the club in this window, two names have been a stand out for me. I believe if both these players could be brought to the club, it would be massive boost to the team as both these players have what United is currently lacking and needs if it has to make any serious bid for the title.

Marco Reus and Koke. Two players who have been dazzling for their respective clubs, and if brought together, could possibly set up what could go on to be the most feared midfield partnership not only in England, but in the whole of Europe. Speed, agility, an eye for passes, and those magic moments in front of goal; these attributes are filled in the two in bucket loads and is what makes them so dangerous.