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The squad led by Ten Hag finished the season in third place, a position that grants direct access to the Champions League Group Phase. With a great season, Man. United has a lot of players with top of the class performances in their respective positions. To understand their individual impact to the team, we present the average ratings of the players in a Back 4, the type of defense used for the whole season. In addition, this players must meet the necessary minutes requirement to be considered (minimum 450 minutes played in the season in a type of predefined defense: Back 4 or Back 5).

Man. United’s eleven with the most minutes played this season (Premier League).

Star Player:

Bruno Fernandes (M&W) – 8.14

With the highest average rating in this squad, Man United’s M&W – Bruno Fernandes – was one of the main reasons for the results archived this season. Man United’s dynamics require Bruno’s play to function properly because of his enormous consistency in the final third in addition to the relevent presence in intermediate (building) process. The last two season further emphasise the importance of Bruno Fernandes for this squad.

Other Key Players:

M. Rashford (CF) – 7.94
L. Martínez (CB) – 7.36
Casemiro (M) – 7.26
L. Shaw (CB) – 7.96

With several players having above average seasons, we need emphasise the average rating obtained by L. Shaw at Centre-Back (CB), a position that L. Shaw played for the first time this season.

Additional information regarding the team (Premier League).

With more positive results at home than away (15 Home Wins & 8 Away Wins), it is possible to consider Man. United a much stronger team at home. Besides that, the positive goal difference highlights the limited ability to score goals (1,52 goals per game) with a good defensive setup (1,13 goals per game).

Man. United’s eleven and subs with the most minutes played in the Europa League (Minimum 410 minutes played in this competition).

With another presence in the knockout stage of the Europa League, Man. United managed to play good football in Europe. C. Ronaldo had incredible performances during this competition allowing them to pass the group stage. In addition to that, B. Fernandes and L. Martínez were pivotal to this Man. United squad, being really important for the positive results achieved.

Position most in need of strengthening:

With ratings below the 6 mark, Man. United’s Midfielders (Ms) alternatives were the biggest weak spots during this season. To win the Premier League title, Man. United needs to strengthen their squad depht since, in the 2023-2024 season, they will take part of the Champions League Group Stage (at least).

Meaning of the used abbreviations:

G – Games
W – Wins
D – Draws
L – Loses
P – Points
GS – Goals Scored
GA – Goals Against
GD – Goal Diference
HW – Home Wins
AW – Away Wins

Data from FBref.

After a really good personal season in the Bundesliga, Dominik Szoboszlai signed with Liverpool (from RB Leipzig). Being one of the key pieces in the RB Leipzig squad, we can see that Szoboszlai was one of the top performing players in the Bundesliga (TOP PERFORMING Ms AND Ws: BUNDESLIGA 22-23). Being one of the best Midfielders (Ms) and Wingers (Ws) in the Bundesliga, it was expected that Szoboszlai could have the opportunity to move to one of Europe’s big clubs (like Liverpool). The Hungarian player will have the opportunity to play a lot of minutes in Liverpool’s midfield and, looking at the average ratings obtained, we can expect great performances with the Reds.