Gary Neville wants five, maybe six new signings at Manchester United this summer to give Michael Carrick the best chance at succeeding next season.<\/p>\n
United<\/a> confirmed third place for the season when they beat Nottingham Forest on Sunday. They\u2019d already secured Champions League football and it\u2019s widely reported that Carrick is going to be given the manager job permanently as a result of those successes.<\/p>\n United legend Neville<\/a> feels a lot of recruitment is needed to help the new boss succeed.<\/p>\n He said on Sky Sports<\/a>: \u201cThey need backup at full-back\u2026 on both sides. In an ideal world you bring three defenders in. I\u2019m trying to think of [Piero] Hincapie at Arsenal who plays left-back and left centre-back, I think Ben White\u2019s done that as well, [Cristhian] Mosquera\u2019s done that, where they\u2019ve played [two positions].<\/p>\n \u201cThey almost need one of them who can play in two positions, that can support. Then they need another top centre-back and then they do need a left-back. I think three defenders would be perfect.<\/p>\n \u201cA centre-back who can play centre-back and right-back. A centre-back who\u2019s top notch who can really be a figurehead, and then a left-back to back up Luke Shaw so that they can alternate between Premier League and Champions League, whatever the most important matches are.<\/p>\n \u201cThen they need two midfield players. In an ideal world you\u2019d think that five would be perfect.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you were being really greedy you\u2019d maybe swap out Mason Mount for another forward of some kind. You\u2019ve got to think about the fact that Bruno [Fernandes] is difficult to replace. Mason Mount sort of half does that a little bit, so maybe it would be him.<\/p>\n \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t him then someone else, you see these players like [Phil] Foden and [Cole] Palmer, [Rayan] Cherki at other clubs, who can play sometimes as a number 10, sometimes they play wide.<\/p>\n