Pranav Nair
Manchester United fans believe the club dodged a bullet by missing out on Dayot Upamecano
Manchester United were keen on French ace Dayot Upamecano only for the defender to go and sign with Bayern Munich.
The RB Leipzig star is seen as one of the best young defenders in European football. He is all set to join the European champions in the summer after reaching an agreement with them.
United too are keen on a defender and it can be argued that they missed out on Upamecano. The player’s performance against Liverpool on Tuesday night, however, has calmed down a few fans.
The German side’s defence struggled on the night and Upamecano was brutally exposed by the Liverpool frontline. Upamecano also gave away the ball cheaply. It can be argued that since Virgil van Dijk’s injury, no other defender has passed the ball this much to the Reds front three.
A number of United fans took to Twitter at half time, wondering if they dodged a bullet by failing to land the defender. We take a look at what some of them said below.
Fans react as Upamecano endures a night to forget against Liverpool
I’m watching Upamecano play and my heart is bleeding!! My club has Maguire and Lindelof 😢
— Enehyeh (@YuurOwnUniverse) February 16, 2021
Upamecano alongside Harry Maguire would have been an absolute disaster.
— Anne-Marie Dray (@Anna__Dray) February 16, 2021
Dodged a bullet with Upamecano based on this performance french Harry Maguire
— Andy (@Andrew_Keogh98) February 16, 2021
Looking at it United might have dodged a bullet with Upamecano
— Mark Goldbridge (@markgoldbridge) February 16, 2021
Dodged a bullet with Upamecano based on this performance french Harry Maguire
— Andy (@Andrew_Keogh98) February 16, 2021
Thank fuck we didnt sign Upamecano 😏
— Anthony 🔴⚪⚫ (@league_saturday) February 16, 2021
Looks like we dodged a bullet on Upamecano, a Maguire+Upamecano defensive pairing would have been the most expensive disaster football has ever seen #UCL
— AlphaRay💪United🔴 (@itz_rayven) February 16, 2021
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Glad people seeing that Upamecano isnt elite yet. His positioning is pretty suspect. I know it’s tactical to allow him to challenge up the field but he needs to be a little smarter about it.
— UTD Jack (@UTDlegendary) February 16, 2021
Upamecano is a player I really liked until his performance against United at Old Trafford. Now I’m thinking Liepzig are laughing getting the money for him. He’s been awful tonight and that second goal was disastrous defending.
— Craig (@CraigCharles23) February 16, 2021
funny how everyone started noticing upamecano was shite last night now he is off our radar 😂 he was slow as fuck when we beat them… imagine him and maguire as a partnership… take your pick below, all do the same job. pic.twitter.com/5ug1IGptsK
— fatlad (@footboxing) February 17, 2021
