Forlan wants Man Utd to ‘improve what they did wrong’

Diego Forlan is eager for his former club Manchester United to finish this season well and to compete for trophies during the 2022/23 campaign.

Man Utd are no longer able to lift a trophy this season and they look likely to miss out on a place in the Champions League.

Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are currently better placed than Man Utd to secure a spot in the top four.

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The search for a new permanent manager is under way and an underperforming squad needs reshaping in the coming months, with former Red Devils striker Forlan hoping things will improve.

“Now that the World Cup is coming, everybody is asking ‘who do you think is going to win?’” he told the PA news agency.

“There’s so many teams that have the opportunity to win the World Cup and it’s only one who is going to win it. To go through those phases, you will have to beat teams and those teams are going to have to lose.

“This kind of thing is going to happen (in the club game) with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, the other teams. The big ones.

“It’s difficult for you to win every season. The thing to do is to be there.

“When you are in this kind of situation playing with the big ones, it’s disappointing to lose but it’s football and you know it can happen.

“Of course then you have the league, the Premier League in this case, and Manchester United will try to go for the Champions League spot. That will be the goal this season.

“Of course Manchester United is a team that everybody expects them to win but sometimes it’s difficult.

“When other teams beat you, you will have to finish the league the best you can and then for the next season try to improve what you did wrong.”

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