'Varane, Kante & Mbappe' - Neville reveals three players he'd sign for Man Utd

Former England international, Gary Neville believes the Red Devils need to recruit a trio of top-class players to improve the spine of the team.

Neville believes Manchester United need to sign three players to create a better "spine" at the club, naming Raphael Varane, N'Golo Kante and Kylian Mbappe as the ideal trio.

Parts of the puzzle are already in place at Old Trafford, with David de Gea having signed a new contract and Harry Maguire snapped up over the summer for £80 million.

United also boast the likes of Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford within their ranks, but Neville believes more proven performers are required. 

Speaking to Sky Sports, he said:

Manchester United, somehow, have got to find a spine. Look at Liverpool. Fabinho, Alisson, Virgil van Dijk, Roberto Firmino, unbelievable players, same with Manchester City's spine.

My thing at the moment is how do Manchester United recruit, in the next 12 to 18 months, a spine that will help United’s younger players?

Years ago, United’s spine were players like Steve Bruce, Gary Pallister, Peter Schmeichel, Roy Keane, Andy Cole, Eric Cantona.

The spine of that team is immense. The problem with United’s team now, is not the younger players on the pitch.

The spine of the team is Victor Lindelof, Nemanja Matic, Juan Mata, Ashley Young and David de Gea.

Who knows what the likes of Andreas Pereira, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James will become, they need a spine.

If Manchester United get the right three players in amongst that squad, they won't be far off. It can be done.

After making those comments, Neville would later take to Twitter and suggest that World Cup winners Raphael Varane, N’Golo Kante and Kylian Mbappe would be his dream picks to fill the three spots he alluded to.

Varane , Kante and Mbappe https://t.co/cvI1uYJERh

— Gary Neville (@GNev2) September 17, 2019

Acquiring such talent will not be easy, or cheap, with the trio mentioned by Neville currently on the books at Real Madrid, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain.