Manchester United are gearing up for a transformative summer, with a complete midfield overhaul firmly at the top of their agenda.

As part of our “Strengths, Weaknesses & Honest Transfer Verdict” series, we now analyse another midfielder who is tipped for a move to Old Trafford.

We are talking about Nottingham Forest star Elliot Anderson.

Carlos Baleba, Sandro Tonali, Adam Wharton, James Garner and Joao Gomes are strongly linked to United.

However, Anderson is a unique midfielder who has already been earmarked as the number one target for both Man United and Manchester City.

Anderson has developed into a compete midfielder over the last 12-24 months.

He combines relentless pressing with sharp positional awareness, consistently winning duels and disrupting opposition build-up play.

He is extremely difficult to dispossess, while his stamina allows him to cover ground tirelessly without the ball.

The former Newcastle United star can anchor as a deep-lying midfielder or surge forward as a box-to-box presence.

The DataMB graph highlights why he is so highly rated. Apart from ball-carrying, he outperforms Sandro Tonali across most key midfield metrics.

At the age of 23, United would get a player who could anchor their...