{"id":1205655,"date":"2021-05-25T09:10:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T08:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1205655"},"modified":"2021-05-25T09:13:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T08:13:13","slug":"victor-lindelof-paul-scholes-marquinhos-man-utd-transfer-news","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/victor-lindelof-paul-scholes-marquinhos-man-utd-transfer-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Victor Lindelof isn\u2019t good enough to win the league&#8221; \u2014 Scholes names the centre-back Man Utd need to sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has dubbed PSG\u2019s Marquinhos the ideal centre-back to partner Harry Maguire if the club are to once again challenge for the Premier League title.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils finished runners-up in 2020\/21 for only the second time in eight years post-Sir Alex Ferguson but the club are yet to mount a serious challenge for supremacy in the English top flight since the revered Glaswegian bowed out.<\/p>\n<p>Scholes, who won 11 Premier League titles under Ferguson, believes that could change if the makers and shakers at Old Trafford back Ole Gunnar Solskjaer this summer window and the Norwegian upgrades his rearguard.<\/p>\n<p><!-- MnaUnited-Villarreal-888-English-540x540 --><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/c.bannerflow.net\/a\/60ab9185666fdbcb8b644676?did=5cf6638e8e4e100001a17710&#038;deeplink=on&#038;responsive=on&#038;preload=off&#038;redirecturl=\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Maguire-Victor Lindelof partnership at centre-back has been one of the cornerstones of Solskjaer&#8217;s fast-break system at Old Trafford, with the latter able to distribute with pace and precision, particularly from long range.<\/p>\n<p>However, Scholes thinks his former teammate, Solskjaer, will struggle to usurp Manchester City in the coming seasons unless he bolsters his backline, identifying PSG skipper Marquinhos as the perfect foil for Maguire.<\/p>\n<p>He told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4GdiKY_GgHMTEmcJA8yw_A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Webby &amp; O&#8217;Neill show<\/em><\/a>: &#8220;I would like to see a centre-half come in next to Maguire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think [Victor] Lindelof is doing alright, I just think alright isn\u2019t good enough to win a league.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Marquinhos from PSG, I think he\u2019d\u00a0be a brilliant centre-half next to Maguire but again you\u2019re talking about a lot of money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1205662 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-80x45.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-1067x600.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/25090830\/1205655_1205655_lindelof-marquinhos-radar.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Grealish or Sancho would be ideal&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The former midfield general went on to give his thoughts on where improvements could be made further up the field, believing a creative type would seriously amp up the attacking flair of Solskjaer&#8217;s team.<\/p>\n<p>Among those to have been heavily linked with an Old Trafford switch in recent years, Jack Grealish and Jadon Sancho regularly crop up in the conversation, and Scholes has thrown his weight behind the narrative, namedropping both players.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/go\/virgin-bet-squawka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1203959 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/11174803\/1203956_1203956_virgin-bet-300x155.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/11174803\/1203956_1203956_virgin-bet-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/11174803\/1203956_1203956_virgin-bet-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/11174803\/1203956_1203956_virgin-bet-100x52.png 100w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/11174803\/1203956_1203956_virgin-bet-66x34.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/11174803\/1203956_1203956_virgin-bet-80x41.png 80w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/11174803\/1203956_1203956_virgin-bet-180x93.png 180w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/11174803\/1203956_1203956_virgin-bet-380x196.png 380w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/11174803\/1203956_1203956_virgin-bet-370x191.png 370w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/11174803\/1203956_1203956_virgin-bet-240x124.png 240w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/05\/11174803\/1203956_1203956_virgin-bet.png 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/go\/virgin-bet-squawka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to claim Virgin Bet&#8217;s new customer offer. 18+ only. \u00a310 min deposit &amp; 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