welcome back fellow Reds and all football fans kindly subscribe if you're new here as we close the summer transfer window Manchester United has officially announced another signing who plays in the Midfield position United were routinely criticized last season for being too open their cous Midfield too easy to play against opponents often exploited gapping holes in the center when playing T hack side due to the combination of a high price and fairly deep backline as a result their defense which was rarely at full strength due to an injury crisis found itself overwhelmed presumably the hope is that a player like oate will help to short things up defensively in the center and provide casmiro with more assistance after all the Brazilian is still perfectly capable technically and offers a lot of quality on the ball but physically and by extension when defending he simply isn't what he wants for was ugate would at very least provide the bite aggressing and destructiveness many feel he's been missing his only player in League one last season minimum 900 minutes played to average more than 4.0 tackle attempts per 90 minutes while his 2.7 successful tackles was also more than anyone else he's uncompromising in his defensive duties and a tough tackler too of course this can lead to obvious problems and his 2.1 fouls considered every game was pretty high but sometimes that's the price you pay with players like oate it is a drawback that certainly won have been overlooked by ten Haag further to that he does have a track record of being effective at recovering the ball with his 8.4 possession regains per 9 last season he does have a track record of being effective at recovering the ball with his 8.4 possession regains per 0 last season bettered by only two players in League one minimum 900 minutes while his 1.9 interceptions per 90 saw him rank 14th among the same group while that may not sound astonishing it is a metric you tend to see players from less possession dominant teams rank high in the fact ugate is up there for both reflects well on his positioning and awareness and considering the issue United seem to have with conceding from cutbacks or low crosses to the edge of their Aral season this could be a welcome development and he will be a starter in 10 hack starting 11 as he already knows him well from Ajax fellow Reds a quick one reaching us from the camp subscribe like share and be here for more updates