Scholes heralds 'top quality' signings
Paul Scholes believes Louis van Gaal could struggle to fit all of his Manchester United stars into a starting team, though the club legend concedes that is hardly a problem to lose sleep over.
The recently-closed transfer window saw Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Marcos Rojo, Angel Di Maria, Daley Blind and Radamel Falcao all arrive at Old Trafford to join a squad that already includes the likes of Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Juan Mata.
Speaking to MUTV ahead of this Sunday's home match with QPR, an encounter that has the feel of a season opener with so many potential home debuts on offer, Scholes explained how the manager now has everything in place to achieve success this season.
“The calibre of player we have brought in is top quality, like Di Maria and Falcao,” Paul told MUTV. “These are proper players. We just have to find a way of getting them all in the same team, playing well and scoring goals - which we have struggled to do a little bit.
"Defensively we haven't been great either so he needs to sort that out. Then, I'm sure we can be vying for Champions League places.”
Asked if the biggest problem is fitting everyone into a starting XI, Scholes said: “It is yeah, but it's not a bad problem to have.
“Fans have been moaning about the type of players that were at the club and now you can't do that. I think Ed Woodward has done his job brilliantly during this transfer window with some great signings. Now it is over to the manager to sort everything out and make us a good team again.”
Scholes is particularly excited about Di Maria and Falcao, two genuine world stars who can hopefully light up United’s season. Quizzed on what both can offer, the Treble winner is typically clear in his assessment.
“I would like to see Di Maria play wide,” Scholes continued. “Whether van Gaal is going to play with wide players, I'm not too sure, but we saw the other night that he was devastating for Argentina against Germany in wide areas. Whether it is the right or left-hand side, his pace is frightening.
“He can go past players and score goals. That is something we have been missing. I am sure he can play in the central areas as well, but if I was picking him then it would be in the wide areas.
"Falcao’s goalscoring record is brilliant from when he has been at Porto and Atletico Madrid. The goals he has scored have been important, then there is the movement he brings and his experience as well at 28 years of age.
"You just hope his knee is right, I think that will be the main problem. But once he gets going and Di Maria can start creating chances for him then I'm sure we will start scoring goals.”
Scholes on new signings
Agree ... its all up LVG ...
