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Phelan: United have lost identity

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Former Manchester United assistant manager Mike Phelan says that the sale of Danny Welbeck could signal the end of an era at Old Trafford. 

Welbeck was sold to Arsenal for ÂŁ16 million pounds on transfer deadline day, and instead of bringing in fresh new english talent, United boss Louis Van Gaal opted for players overseas. 

And Phelan has now admitted that he fears that his old club risk losing their identity with their new approach, after building so much success on the likes of the ‘Class of 92’. 

He told the BBC: “Danny Welbeck has been part of United’s identity and that has been broken.

“What will happen in the future now, nobody knows but that thread has been broken now.”

He added: “There is always the start of something and maybe this is the start of a new way of doing things at Manchester United and maybe that is the way football is going.

“Is it better to look at the instant rather than the future? It is a difficult one because youth is always the future, we all have to start somewhere and you just hope that product of youth can develop in the Premier League.” 

By Ollie Brown

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