{"id":20498,"date":"2020-01-25T18:18:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=20498"},"modified":"2020-01-25T18:18:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:18:45","slug":"players-regress-at-man-utd-look-at-alexis-di-maria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/players-regress-at-man-utd-look-at-alexis-di-maria","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Players regress at Man Utd \u2013 look at Alexis &amp; Di Maria!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"block-element__p\">Too many players are \u201cregressing\u201d when joining Manchester United, says Michael Owen, with Alexis Sanchez held up as an example of\u00a0a club where \u201csomething\u2019s going fundamentally wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-element__p\">The Red Devils have continued to spend heavily in recent transfer windows, but have seen little return on that investment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pop-out-eplayer-container pop-out-eplayer-container--preserve-size\">\n<p>Owen admits expensive flops have become an all too familiar story for United, with serious issues needing to be addressed before more funds are thrown at apparent quick fixes.<\/p>\n<p>The former Red Devils striker told Premier League Productions: \u201cI think players are turning up there and regressing as football players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s the most worrying aspect of it all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can all sit here and agree or disagree, Alexis Sanchez was the best player in the Premier League for two, three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019d all agree that, he was brilliant. 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