Gary Neville
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And that's nothing to do with the fact they've only beaten two of the teams you'd expect them to beat.
They just look right.
It feels more like you'd expect them to be.
I'm not sure about that.
I think what he does do, he connects the team.
I think he provides pace on the counter-attack.
I just mentioned the word counter-attack.
Manchester United have always been able to get from box to box quickly and attack.
And I think that he does provide that.
He's quicker, he's deceptive in terms of his speed.
And I think ultimately now...
he's become imperative.
With respect to, say, previous players that I've seen in the last two or three years, I think Juan Mata in particular, I think Mata's doing a great job, but it's difficult to counter-attack through him because he doesn't have that speed.
I think it's better that you have somebody in there who can connect with Lukaku but also run past him and also be that first point of call where they can basically dribble forward and go quickly.
So I like him in there, I like the way he plays and I say he's an important part, but I'm sure he'll be in and out of the team.
I don't think he'll play every week.
I genuinely don't think he'll play every week for Qatar.
I think he's the type of player that will drift in and out during the season, be important to United, but won't be a fixture every single game.
I think last year they were an inferior team to many of the top teams.
Well, they were an inferior team to many of the top teams.