Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof seems assured that he’ll get loads of alternatives to play this season, regardless of not at the moment being a starter in Erik ten Hag’s strongest XI. The Swede can be embracing competition for places.
Lindelof is at the beginning of his sixth season with United however has needed to come to phrases with a brand new function as a back-up and squad participant behind Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez since final summer season.
Even so, neither centre-back had an injury-free run in 2022/23 and Lindelof nonetheless began 14 Premier League video games – he was often favoured over Harry Maguire and is accepted to be the primary various as defensive cowl or extra solidity off the bench.
So far this season, Lindelof has already performed 45 minutes within the Premier League after changing Martinez at half-time in opposition to Wolves when the Argentine was flirting with an early pink card.
“I think it is great to have competition for places,” Lindelof advised Sky Sports.
READ THE LATEST MAN UTD NEWS, TRANSFER RUMOURS & GOSSIP
“We have talked about the level that I want to be at and at this level there should be competition for places, otherwise it is not right.
“We are taking part in at the largest membership on the planet, so there ought to be gamers who’re competing for totally different positions. It just isn’t an issue, I prefer it, and [Varane and Martinez] have been nice collectively.
“When I’ve played, I think I have been performing as well. There are a lot of games in a season.”
Manchester United have been out there for a brand new centre-back this summer season, holding talks with Bayern Munich over Benjamin Pavard previous to the German champions reaching an settlement with Inter. The collapse of Harry Maguire’s proposed transfer to West Ham and sudden anticipated keep may derail any additional hopes of bringing in recent defensive reinforcements.
LISTEN NOW TO 90MIN’s MAN UTD PODCAST: THE PROMISED LAND
On this version of The Promised Land, a part of the 90min podcast community, Scott Saunders and Rob Blanchette look again at Man Utd’s defeat at Tottenham and United’s resolution to half methods with Mason Greenwood. If you’ll be able to’t see this embed, click on right here to hearken to the podcast!
Discussion about this post