It was a midfield that resembled a United side from 2018 as Andreas Pereria and Lingard joined Matic. 

The Serbian veteran and Pereira showed they are not the future at United and the latter cannot even be utilised as adequate squad depth.

United require the signing of an assured central defensive midfielder to help make Solskjaer’s new system functional and bolster the quality in the squad.

And while the Red Devils would almost certainly not have been as vulnerable against QPR with their first-choice back four, an elite central defender, namely Raphael Varane, is still required. 

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