Manchester United's next transfer priority is clear after win vs Wolves

Manchester United might have kicked off the Premier League season with a win, but the manner of the victory prompted more questions than answers.

Raphael Varane's header secured all three points for Erik ten Hag's side at Old Trafford but Wolves were the better team for large portions of the game and arguably merited at least a point. The visitors also felt they were hard done to by the failure of the match officials to award a penalty for a challenge by Andre Onana in added time.

United ground out a result to make a winning start but there is plenty to improve on heading into the weekend trip to Tottenham. And Monday night's showing has also shone a light on where Ten Hag's priority should sit in the final weeks of the window.

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Too often his team were overrun in the middle with Casemiro isolated due to Mason Mount and Bruno Fernandes playing as a more attacking pair further forward. Christian Eriksen's arrival off the bench helped United gain control a little more and while the offensive intent of the starting XI sent a clear desire to take the game to the visitors, there's an argument for restoring the Dane to the side against his former club.

Indeed opening night showed United will at times this term need to play with two pivots in the centre of the park, particularly against more clinical opponents who might have exploited the failing better than Wolves did. Leading sides will have been licking their lips at the prospect based on the Old Trafford evidence.

Gary Neville called it a worry during the Sky Sports coverage of the