
Neville: Welbeck 'perfect' for United who let him go too quickly
- sky sports 2025/02/15 10:01
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Gary Neville says Manchester United made a mistake letting Danny Welbeck go and the Brighton striker is "perfect" for the way United should play.
Welbeck was sold to Arsenal on deadline day in September 2014 but over a decade on is still having an impact in the Premier League, playing a key role in Brighton's 3-0 win over Chelsea on Friday.
"He was let go too quickly at United," said Neville. "If you think about [former United boss] Louis van Gaal, obviously his style of play is very precise.
"Danny wasn't precise in his game back then. So he just let him go, just didn't fancy him at all.
"But he's actually perfect for how Man Utd should play: threatening space in behind, playing off front players... And this idea he's not good enough for Manchester United is absolutely rubbish.
"He's good enough to be in a pool of three or four strikers at Manchester United, just like, for instance, Liverpool have three, four, five forward players across that front line. They're all of differing abilities and different talents. But they all contribute at a certain point in the season.
"Sometimes we tag these players with, 'Oh, he's not good enough'. No he is - to be part of a 20-man squad at a top club.
"He can still play at the very top level. He's destroying defences."
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