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The likes of Sergio Ramos,
Bastian Schweinsteiger & Morgan
Schneiderlin have all been linked
with moves to Old Trafford, and
Giggs says the club need "proven
winners" this summer
Ryan Giggs has underlined
Manchester United's need to
strengthen over the summer as
they look to mount a Premier
League title challenge.
Louis van Gaal acted early to
secure Memphis Depay from PSV
in May but is yet to add further
new arrivals, despite links to the
likes of Sergio Ramos, Bastian
Schweinsteiger and Morgan
Schneiderlin.
United secured a return to the
Champions League thanks to a
fourth-placed finish last season
but Giggs says improvement is
vital and - given the increased
commitments coming next term -
players with a winning mentality
are required to strengthen the
team's core.
"If there are players available
who are winners, who are
proven, then yeah, let's go and
get them," the United assistant
manager told The Sunday Times.
"And with any good team the
spine is important. Midfield,
striker, centre-backs, goalkeeper.
I'm sure we'll be looking to
strengthen the spine all the way
through.
"We obviously need to
strengthen because we were
fourth. We weren't first, second
or third. And the teams above us
will strengthen, too. There's the
added challenge of the
Champions League, and we need
players that are going to improve
us.
"But we're not too far away. We
had a great record last season in
the big games and the problem
was the consistency. We dropped
points we shouldn't have and
got off to a bad start. We drew a
lot of games away from home
against teams we should have
been beating.
"You tot up the games you think
you should have won and think,
‘Yeah, we should have been
much closer' – but you have to
go out and do it, and in the
Premier League that's not easy."
