Crystal Palace star Adam Wharton is the player Manchester United should look to sign when the summer transfer window opens up, according to former Gunners star turned pundit Paul Merson.
Under Michael Carrick, Manchester United look like a side that is capable of getting into those Champions League places by the end of the season, meaning that the club will need to improve key areas of the pitch.
That has led to all sorts of speculation that United chiefs are very much interested in adding Nottingham Forest star Elliot Anderson to the side as a possible replacement for the departing Casemiro.
But giving his thoughts on Sky Sports News, Merson said he was yet to be ‘wowed’ by Anderson, while picking out England team-mate Wharton as a better fit for United in the summer.
‘I like Elliot Anderson, but I’m not wow-factored over him,’ Merson explained. I like Elliot Anderson, but they’re fourth bottom of the league, Forest, so they’re not dominating all midfields, are they?
‘And if you’re a midfield player, that’s where the engine is. Do you know what I mean?
‘I don’t see him running the show in midfield at Nottingham Forest, and we’re talking about Manchester United.’
The former Arsenal and Aston Villa midfielder concluded: ‘I would go for Adam Wharton ahead of him.’
Speaking to Sky Sports in October, Wharton made no secret of his ambitions to one day play on the grandest stages in the Champions League.
Asked if he had set himself any individual goals, the ex-Blackburn midfielder replied: ‘I’d say just play as many games as I can in the Premier League and try and reach the highest level possible.
‘Obviously there’s a World Cup in the summer. Everyone wants to play at the World Cup. You’d be stupid if you didn’t
‘Champions League, everyone, if you can play Champions League, you want to play Champions League.’
On the areas of his game he could work on, Wharton added: ‘I think I can improve at everything on the ball, off the ball, communication on the pitch, off the pitch.
‘So the list is endless for that.’
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