Former midfielder Owen Hargreaves believes that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs to bring four players into Manchester United this summer in order to build on their potential.
Despite starting the game well, United were outclassed against Barcelona and the La Liga side ran out 3-0 winners on the night, and 4-0 on aggregate, to knock United out of the Champions League.
Marcus Rashford did have a golden opportunity to score in the first 30 seconds and squandered it but Barca were clearly rattled by the way United came flying out of the traps.
But two crucial mistakes in a matter of minutes led to a double for Lionel Messi which ended the tie, with Philippe Coutinho adding a third late on.
As a result former United midfielder Hargreaves said the club need to strengthen in midfield and the centre of defence in the summer if they are to improve next season.
“I think they need four this summer,” Hargreaves said on BT Sport.
“I think recruitment is going to be so important for Manchester United. [They need a ] director of football, Ole Gunnar is going to need that help.
“For me it showed [against Barcelona] they need a defensive midfield player in that position. Fred played there, he’s a ball player. In three moments in the game where he could win a challenge or stop someone, he just didn’t do that.
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“So I think he’s an eight like [Paul] Pogba, I thought [Scott] McTominay was terrific.
“Centre back, central midfield player is going to be so important, and a right winger.
“I think they’ve got great potential but the recruitment this summer has to be spot on.”
