3 Things Manchester United need to do in order to compete with the European elites next season

#3 Switch to a more possession-based, attacking style of play against the big sides

Manchester United need to change to a more possession-based, attacking style of play against the big teams

Manchester United have had three different managers in the past 6 seasons and all of them had their own footballing philosophies. But all the three managers failed to implement the attacking style of football Manchester United fans were used to under Sir Alex Ferguson.

When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed as the interim manager back in December, he vowed to bring back the way vintage Manchester United sides used to play. His team does plays expansive football against the lesser opposition but resorts to a counter-attacking approach against the big sides, even at home.

But if Manchester United wants to compete against the best in Europe, they need to adapt to a more possession-based, attacking style of football instead of counter-attacking their opposition.

Barcelona made the Manchester United players chase them for most of the game just to get a sniff of the ball and showed why his counter-attacking approach might not work against Europe’s best sides, who love to dominate possession.

And if he wants to compete with them, he will have to go toe to toe with his opponents. Solskjaer and his players will have a lot of work to do during the pre-season to implement this playing style and learn to dominate possession against the toughest opponents in Europe next season.