For Manchester United and their fans, the past month has been a troublesome period. Three wins in seven and ignominious defeats against Liverpool, Manchester City and West Brom have led the defending champions to make their worst start to a Premier League season since 1989. Poor form in the league was preceded by a woeful period of inactivity in the summer transfer market, failings of which manager David Moyes should shoulder most of the brunt of. Despite being linked with a raft of players, such as Cesc Fabregas, Thiago Alcantara, Ander Herrera and even Robert Lewandowski, Moyes's only real piece of business was signing Marouane Fellaini from old club Everton. And it was largely thanks to the lack of new signings that United have capitulated so badly in these early stages of the season, that, coupled with the departure of the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson, of course. There was always going to be a transition period at Old Trafford when Ferguson finally called time on his stories managerial career, and indeed there has been, with United currently languishing in 9th place in his absence. And that's why an injection of new players - and with them, a fresh start for the club - is essential in the January window, and here, we take a look at 5 Signings David Moyes Has To Make.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
