Manchester United rejected solutions to pursue the likes of Erling Haaland, Dusan Vlahovic and Christopher Nkunku, claims former interim supervisor Ralf Rangnick.
Rangnick endured a torrid six-month spell at Outdated Trafford final season, main United to their lowest factors tally in Premier League historical past (58) after succeeding Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
United’s woes had been exacerbated by a scarcity of attacking firepower throughout his last few months in cost, with Anthony Martial being loaned out to Sevilla and Mason Greenwood suspended by the membership.
Rangnick has now revealed he steered a number of big-name switch targets to United’s hierarchy – together with now-Manchester Metropolis talisman Haaland, however was overruled.
“One Sunday, they knowledgeable me of Greenwood’s troubles, and Martial was already gone,” Rangnick recalled when chatting with BILD.
“We wanted strikers to play three competitions, I instructed the board that we should always work out whether or not to signal some gamers, however I used to be instructed no.
“I had made reasonable names, reminiscent of [Josko] Gvardiol and [Christopher] Nkunku of RB Leipzig.
“And even [Alvaro] Morata, Luis Diaz, [Dusan] Vlahovic and even Erling Haaland, when he was nonetheless available on the market. The membership determined to rebuild the squad with one other coach.”
Whereas United have made a good begin to life below Rangnick’s successor Erik ten Hag, they are going to doubtless be ruing their failure to land Haaland, who has scored 17 targets in 11 league video games for Metropolis.
In the meantime, Vlahovic has six targets in 10 Serie A outings for Juventus this season, and Leipzig’s versatile attacker Nkunku is reportedly a goal for Chelsea after recording 55 purpose involvements in all competitions final marketing campaign.