While the club spent significantly to improve their attacking options last summer – bringing in the likes of Benjamin Sesko, Matheus Cunha, and Bryan Mbeumo – Neville insists the focus must now shift to the engine room. He highlighted that while the forward line is “starting to hum and purr,” the lack of depth and quality in the middle remains a glaring issue for the squad moving forward.
‘Manchester United didn’t score enough goals last season and that’s an absolute no-no here, you have to score goals, so they’ve corrected that. Bruno Fernandes creating and even Mason Mount I’d throw into that when he’s fit,” Neville added. “There does look to be good options up top but the centre of midfield is a problem. They’re going to need three or four really good central midfielders. At the moment, they’ve got [Kobbie] Mainoo who you can buy into, but you can’t really look at any of the others and think that’s going to work.”