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Man Utd are a complete team after Sancho and Varane transfers but must find No1, claims Gary Neville

, Man Utd are a complete team after Sancho and Varane transfers but must find No1, claims Gary Neville

MANCHESTER UNITED are the complete team with the additions of Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, according to Gary Neville.

But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs to decide on his No1 between the sticks as soon as possible.

Jadon Sancho finally secured his transfer from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United
Raphael Varane will add plenty of quality and experience into the heart of defence

United spent £73million to bring in England ace Sancho in from Borussia Dortmund.

And they followed that up with the £34.2m purchase of Real Madrid defender Varane.

The signings filled two of the priority spots in the team United needed to strengthen – a right-winger and a partner for Harry Maguire at centre-back.

And Neville is happy with their work in the transfer window.

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He told Sky Sports: “I think Varane is really exciting. Sancho’s exciting but it was almost inevitable that was going to happen.

“They needed to fill that right-wing spot. It’s been a bit of a problem for the last year or two.

“Demonstrating patience and getting him, to be fair, was a bit more measured. United have become a bit more measured in this last two or three years.

“Ole has brought that to the club, they’re not getting players for the sake of it.”

VARANE THE MAN

Varane arrives into the squad aged 28 with bags of trophy-winning experience.

He picked up 18 honours across ten years at Real Madrid, including four Champions Leagues.

Neville added: “Varane is exciting and I think last season, every United fan, every commentator, pundit, fan and analyst watched United and said, ‘They need a partner for Harry Maguire’, and they’ve got one.

“He’s a good age, got massive experience, he’s got a good centre-back alongside him. In fact, he’s got a good back four.

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“So he’s not coming into a team where he’s having to hold it together. He’s, you could argue, the last piece of the jigsaw in the sense that the rest of them are doing a pretty good job.

“[Victor] Lindelof did a good job, [Eric] Bailly did a good job alongside Maguire but there weren’t just that little bit extra that you need.

“And I think Harry Maguire will come out of this tournament with England strong, more confident than ever before, he’s got a great centre-back partner alongside him now in Varane.

“Varane has played at Real Madrid in the biggest games you could ever play in, World Cups, the lot, so they’ve got two brilliant centre-backs.

“If they can stay fit together… and obviously the two full-backs as well who have got great energy, both of them are great defenders – one of them is great going forward and Aaron Wan-Bissaka is definitely improving.”

But Neville did highlight the goalkeeping situation at Old Trafford.

Both Dean Henderson and £375,000-a-week David De Gea want to be the first choice this season with the new campaign kicking off against Leeds on August 14.

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, Man Utd are a complete team after Sancho and Varane transfers but must find No1, claims Gary Neville

The former right-back continued: “I think just sort the goalkeeping situation out.

“Settle that down, decide who is going to be number one and United are in a good position defensively.

“Sancho can hopefully bring that balance that’s needed in attack.”

, Man Utd are a complete team after Sancho and Varane transfers but must find No1, claims Gary Neville

David De Gea and Dean Henderson both hope to start the season in goal

, Man Utd are a complete team after Sancho and Varane transfers but must find No1, claims Gary Neville

Neville has high hopes for his former side going into the new campaign

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