Ten Hag claims Antony transfer is essential for Man Utd to compete at the top amid burnout fears for attacking stars

ERIK TEN HAG says it was important they landed Antony if Manchester United needed to compete on the prime stage.

United have completed the £85.5million capture of the Brazilian winger from Ajax.

EPAAntony is Manchester United’s fifth signing of the summer season[/caption]

PAErik ten Hag was eager so as to add high quality and amount in assault[/caption]

And with midweek video games coming thick and quick within the Premier League and Europa League Ten Hag revealed he feared they didn’t have sufficient of their attacking arsenal to manage.

Ten Hag stated: “Within the offensive division, we nonetheless wanted to strengthen our squad as a result of we’ve many video games to cowl, from now we go three video games per week, each third or fourth day.

“As you know, especially offensive players, they fatigue quicker, they have to run more, it is high intensity, we expect that from them. We don’t only need quantity, we need quality.”

Ten Hag believes he has bought that with Antony his fifth signing in a £227m spending spree.

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Martin Dubravka is set to be the final signing of a record-breaking window for the membership, becoming a member of in a £5m season-long mortgage deal from Newcastle to be David de Gea’s understudy.

Ten Hag stated: “I think so, it will be for this window the end, but when there is a great opportunity we always have to be alert at this top club.”

The supervisor as soon as once more insisted that Ronaldo stays in his plans though that’s principally all the way down to the actual fact there have been no bids for him.

He stated: “I just said we need quality players, you need more to cover all the games, to keep the consistency going, that is what we strive for.”

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United take on Leicester on the King Energy Stadium tomorrow as they bid to construct on two confidence-boosting wins over Liverpool and Southampton after two defeats to Brighton and Brentford.

Ten Hag stated: “I see it as a begin, I believe we’ve an excellent base, that is the minimal we’ve to carry and I used to be blissful to see the flip.

“We have to keep that, to keep the spirit, to keep this winning mentality because you need it if you want a successful season.”

New signing Antony just isn’t out there to play because the paperwork nonetheless must be accomplished however the membership are hoping to have him out there for Sunday’s go to of Arsenal.

Anthony Martial’s Achilles harm is more likely to preserve him out of each video games.

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