Why Manchester United Should Sign Perisic Instead Of Bale.

Perisic has been heavily linked to a move to Manchester United

Ivan Perisic is one player, who has been constantly linked to a move to Manchester United, in this summer transfer window. 

Inter Milan want £48m for him, which is beyond Manchester United’s valuation, but looking at the current market, its fair enough and matter of fact, Perisic is their best player after club captain, Mauro Icardi. So, a club is ought to try to keep hold of their best players or demand a huge fee.

It’s no hidden fact, Real Madrid want to sign the teenage sensation in Kylian Mbappé. Mbappé is someone who seeks regular 1st team football, and in order to do so, one of the BBC needs to be sold.

According to recent reports, Zinedine Zidane believes the club must sell Bale, if they are to sign Mbappé. Now that Barcelona is also in the race, one can expect Madrid to act quick and of course to prove “Perez always wins”.

Manchester United has always shown interest in Bale, so they now lead the race to bring him back to EPL.

Bale is another player to be linked with a move to Manchester United

Now there is a debate among the fan base, whether ManUtd should sign Bale or Perisic. Majority favors Bale, which is not surprising. 

Signing Perisic is the ideal thing to do, something the club needs now. Perisic & Bale are both 28, but apparently, signing Perisic destroys Martial’s growth as a player, but in Bale, it’s an elite signing. The analogy used is absurd. I agree, Bale is the better footballer, Premier League proven and Champions League winner, but he is not what we need.

Here are the reasons why Manchester United should sign Perisic Instead of Bale:

1)Perisic has an incredible work rate and has all the defensive attributes, which Bale lacks. Qualities in Perisic are something Jose prefers.

2)If an all-attack option is required, Bale is the man to go to, but people are forgetting, Jose is a defensive minded manager, which makes Perisic tailored made winger for him.

3)As we have noticed, we have switched to a formation of 3-5-2, which goes to a 3-1-4-2. If Perisic does sign, it makes the 3-5-2 perfect.

3-5-2 Formation Under Jose Mourinho

3-5-2 turns to 3-1-4-2

4)3-5-2 formation, which turns into 3-1-4-2, is a perfect formation for breaking down teams, as it exposes the width. Perisic will exactly do what Moses did for Chelsea last season.

3-5-2 whilst defending

5)3-5-3 formation, which turns into 3-1-4-2, also gives defensive stability, while defending with literally 6 players at the back, which is again preferred by Jose. Perisic & Valencia who fall deep and are ready to hit for the counter, where there will be optimum utilization of Valencia's & Perisic's pace. This will also free up Pogba.

6)Bale is a massive risk, very injury prone. This is his injury record:

Injury record of Gareth Bale at Real Madrid & Tottenham Hotspur.

7)With Bale, a 3-5-2 won’t work. If you have Bale in your team, a formation of 4-3-3 looks ideal. If ManUtd sign him, Jose goes with a 4-3-3 formation, which lacks defensive stability, very much attack minded, again which Jose doesn’t go with. Playing Bale at RW is equivalent to Martial playing LW,cutting back inside. Manchester United need crosses for Lukaku.

4-3-3 Formation with Bale

8)Signing Bale stops the development of either Martial or Rashford, which is not an ideal thing to do, as those two are young and are Manchester United’s future.

9)In order to sign Bale, Manchester United need to negotiate with Real Madrid, this as a Manchester United perspective, something they wouldn’t want to do, after what happened with the Morata’s deal. Manchester United would have to pay the double of what they would pay for Perisic and maybe more than what they paid for Pogba.

10)Unlike Bale, Perisic has had an excellent pre-season.

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