After more than 26 years with Sir Alex Ferguson as the manager, Manchester United is going through a troubled period with the new manager, David Moyes.

Every football fan knew that taking over for Sir Alex Ferguson would be the world's hardest job, and it has shown to be for David Moyes. 6 matches into his first season with the Red Devils, United is 12th in the Premier League with only 7 points; the worst start for the club in many years. Some might blame the manager, but here at Great Dane Football Blog the players seems to be the problem.

After the Ferguson era, Manchester United is going through a transition with a new manager, who at the same time needs to make his mark on the squad and bring in some new names. Let's face it, the squad have a couple of players who never reached the level hoped for with Ferguson as manager, and who are not worth their weekly pay.

Among the goalkeeper's, Anders Lindegaard never managed to grab the chance when he got it, and will be better of finding somewhere else to guard the goal. The same matters for Ben Amos who is not even close to getting in action. As long as De Gea keeps performing more or less stable none of the two reserves will get a chance, and it might be better for the club if they find a goalkeeper with a higher level than Lindegaard and Amos. However, finding a new goalkeeper should not be the main target for the next transfer window.

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Manchester United have one of the most routine defenses with Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra, but all three of them have reached an age where their career is lacking towards an end. That said, the squad has some very talented and young players in Rafael, Fabio, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones. However, players with more Premier League experience are needed for the future why a name as Leighton Baines will be a pleasant add to the squad.

The midfield is probably the greatest problem for United. Paul Scholes retired for his second time this summer, and the midfield needs a man like him. Darren Fletcher is currently out with a long term illness and Ryan Giggs is probably not fit enough for a whole season. Meanwhile, United has players as Anderson and Ashley Young who are simply not worth the money they are paid. Moyes have brought in Fellaini from Everton in a try to close the gap on the midfield, but first of all United needs to get rid of the marginal players and spend the money more wisely on class players and real talent. Ross Barkley could be a future star on the Manchester team.

In front, Manchester United has a very good attack with van Persie and Rooney as the stars. Danny Welbeck will never reach the same level as the two first, but he is a well qualified reserves. However, it would not harm United to bring in a real goal maker to help van Persie. Here, a man as Christian Benteke would be an obvious transfer target.