Germany 7-1 Curacao: Man United's £47.7m transfer regret assessed after World Cup mauling

Curacao scored their archetypal extremity astatine a World Cup tonight. But Germany scored 7 of their own, arsenic Julian Nagelsmann's attackers and defenders flexed their violative muscles successful their Group E opener successful Arlington.

Among the Mannschaft players to bargain the spotlight was up-and-coming left-back Nathaniel Brown, who ended the eight-goal extravaganza with a onslaught and an assistance to his sanction to warrant his inclusion implicit David Raum.

The 22-year-old's stellar showing comes arsenic a €55m (£47.5m) determination to Bayern Munich from Eintracht Frankfurt nears completion, aft Manchester United withdrew from the race - is this 1 that the Red Devils mightiness unrecorded to regret missing retired on?

Germany 7-1 Curacao: What conscionable happened?

Germany were ne'er expected to endure the daze of each World Cup shocks connected Sunday evening, adjacent erstwhile Nagelsmann's men fto their defender down for a little infinitesimal and allowed Livano Comenencia to make past for Curacao.

The 150,000-strong Caribbean land volition everlastingly retrieve the midfielder's deflected onslaught beyond Manuel Neuer, but Germany rapidly - and inevitably - returned to their merciless ways up front.

The scoreline successful the apical left-hand country of the surface was a precise acquainted 1 for the Mannschaft faithful, though the celebrations should beryllium toned down a notch successful examination to the 2014 Brazil battering.

However, the fledgling Brown had each crushed to fto pandemonium instrumentality over.

Germany 7-1 Curacao: The large talking point

As momentous a infinitesimal as Comenencia's extremity was, Brown's standout cameo highlighted precisely wherefore Bayern Munich are preparing to fork retired adjacent to £50m for the full-back's signature.

The 22-year-old did not screen himself successful glory for Curacao's goal, arsenic helium was dragged retired of presumption connected the left-hand broadside and near Nico Schlotterbeck exposed, but helium rapidly atoned straight to his antiaircraft colleague.

Brown's pinpoint set-piece was met by the Borussia Dortmund antheral for Germany to regain the lead, earlier the left-back popped up successful an wrong left-forward presumption to volley location a delightful fifth.

Germany 7-1 Curacao: The bigger picture

Man United are connected the lookout for a caller left-back this summer. Tyrell Malacia has departed, Diego Leon is inactive learning his trade, and Patrick Dorgu is undergoing an attacking transformation, leaving Luke Shaw without a due backup.

The Englishman exorcised his wounded demons past year, but helium has besides entered his 30s and is 8 years Brown's senior; different inducement for Michael Carrick to marque a determination for the latter.

However, Bayern person ostensibly won the contention for the versatile youngster, who is comfy arsenic an out-and-out left-back - specified arsenic successful Nagelsmann's Germany strategy - and successful a much precocious role.

Brown volition look tougher opponents than the smallest federation to ever play astatine a World Cup, truthful it is excessively aboriginal to accidental whether Man United person missed retired connected a coagulated signing, but Bayern chiefs would person been watching with glee.