The Great Fan Debate rumbles on unabated. Why has Newcastle's record £60m buy Alexander Isak failed to gain more starts in a team crippled by a shortage of goals?
United have managed only a paltry three in their last eight Premier League matches dating back to the last day of December which has seen them slide out of Champions League placings yet Isak cannot find a regular slot on the team sheet. Of course he suffered a long term injury but nevertheless Isak has began only five PL games since arriving six months ago. A player who cost so much to be seen so little.
Certainly United's other big buy, £40m Anthony Gordon, was not forced to run further risk of splinters sitting on the bench alongside regular occupier Isak. With the League Cup out of the way, where Gordon was cup-tied, he was promptly handed his debut at Manchester City.
