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Former Red Devils manager Sir Alex Ferguson would have lost no time in acquiring Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze, according to Manchester United veteran Nicky Butt.

With roughly 15 games remaining, Man United’s midfield is screaming for an enforcer as the Red Devils are currently in 13th place in the league, a huge decrease from their eighth place finish the previous season.

So far, the Red Devils have only managed to accumulate 29 points from 24 Premier League games.

After firing Erik ten Hag, they were supposed to get better, but since taking over from Sporting CP in November 2024, new manager Ruben Amorim hasn’t been able to turn them around.

Butt answered a question on the Red Devils’ current Premier League status in an interview with Stadium Astro.

“As much as I love Manchester United, they don’t have a God-given right to win trophies. It’s a big project.

“They’re not going to get in 10 players this summer and challenge next season, it’s just not going to happen.

“United don’t have that core group so they need to get the chequebook out and sign these £80 million players that they used to.

“The lad at Crystal Palace, Eze, if it was around ten years ago [when Sir Alex Ferguson was the boss] United would have put a £70 million to £80 million bid and taken that boy.

“They can’t do it now because they haven’t got the power and that’s the scariest thing.”

Eze, currently an England international, joined Crystal Palace from Queens Park Rangers in 2020 and has since made 149 appearances for the team, tallying 32 goals and dishing out 23 assists.

Under Ferguson, Butt appeared in 387 games for Manchester United altogether.

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