Manchester United to ignore Rangnick’s advice on signings as they identify five transfer targets
Manchester United to ignore Rangnick’s advice on signings as they identify five transfer targets to sign in the summer.
Manchester United have no intention of following through on Ralf Rangnick’s transfer advice.
Ralf Rangnick took over from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in November as interim boss and suggested towards the end of his time at the club that they might need to sign as many as ten new players this summer.
Rangnick was to remain at Old Trafford and take up a consultancy role but opted for the position of Australian national team head coach.
Manchester United to ignore Rangnick’s advice
United’s hierarchy are hopeful Ten Hag has given himself the best opportunity to hit the ground running; contributing to the cancellation of Rangnick’s role – which would have seen the former interim work six days a month on a consultancy basis.
Rangnick’s knowledge of the transfer market was going to be a key part of his duties – but after carrying out an overhaul of their recruitment department, which has seen chief scout, Jim Lawlor, and Head of Global Scouting, Marcel Bout, both depart, it was determined Rangnick’s expertise was less required according to goal.
Manchester United identify five transfer targets
According to Goal Man Utd ‘have no intention of following Rangnick’s advice’ and that ‘Ten Hag could sign five this summer.
It is Ten Hag’s belief that ‘all departments are in need of address’ but is ‘also confident that a squad that finished second the season before last has far more potential than their performances over the past year suggest’.
Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong, who has been heavily linked over the last couple of months, ‘is a leading midfield target’ with West Ham’s Declan Rice and Leeds United’s Kalvin Phillips ‘under consideration.
The report in Goal adds that ‘Darwin Nunez is strongly admired, as is Jurrien Timber’ with reports late last week indicating that Man Utd had made a bid for the former.
Timber, meanwhile, had his say on his future last week with the Ajax center-back keeping his cards fairly close to his chest.
“In the end, my gut feeling will be the deciding factor,” Timber told De Telegraaf. “The picture has to be right.
“You can go to a big club. But if you’re not going to play there it’s better to stay with Ajax. And Ajax is also a big club. We play football in the Champions League and I play there together with the best players in the Netherlands.
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