MANCHESTER UNITED want to make THREE more signings before the transfer window shuts.
Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho remains Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s No1 target.
Sancho remains Man Utd’s No1 transfer target but they are running out of timeCredit: Getty – Contributor
However, reports have claimed that Old Trafford transfer chiefs have the funds to bring in more players as Sancho’s proposed move drags on.
United’s talks with Sancho’s people and Dortmund are said to be in need of a “drastic breakthrough” as the Bundesliga side refuse to budge on their £108million valuation of the England winger.
And Jamie Carragher has warned United that Liverpool will happily swoop should they fail to land the 20-year-old.
But United are also busy elsewhere and want to buy a left-back, centre-back and centre-forward in addition to looking at Sancho alternatives.
Manchester Evening News says Bournemouth and Wales attacker David Brooks has been “under consideration” for more than a year.
The Cherries valued him at £50m last year and that was said to have put United off a move.
But they could now look to cash in having dropped down to the championship.
Juventus ace Douglas Costa is another attacking threat that Solskjaer is looking at.
It is claimed United could pursue the rapid winger on a one-year loan deal – or reignite interest in Ivan Perisic, although he is expected to join Bayern full time from Inter.
While not a priority gap to fill, the MEN report how Old Trafford chiefs have been mightily impressed by 21-year-old Dynamo Kiev and Ukraine star Vitaliy Mykolenko.
But Real Madrid ace Sergio Reguillon has also been offered in the left-back spot that could offer intense competition to Luke Shaw.
Odion Ighalo is set to return to China in January so Solskjaer could look for someone else there.
Bournemouth front man Joshua King, who was on United’s books as a teenager, was the subject of a failed £20m bid in January.
The Red Devils could go back in for their former player after his recent come-and-get-me plea.
Could Man Utd bring King back to Old Trafford?Credit: AFP – Getty
Solskjaer is also looking at King’s Bournemouth team-mate BrooksCredit: Alamy Live News
At the back, Chris Smalling, who looks set to join Roma permanently, Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo have all been told they are free to leave.
Dayot Upamecano has a £37m release clause at RB Leipzig and is said to be of interest but he signed a new deal there in July.
Should United continue to look on the continent, though, they have received bad news about Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly.
Neighbours Man City and Paris Saint-Germain are said to be leading the chase for the £63m-rated defender.
United were interested in Fiorentina’s Nikola Milenkovic last summer and could try their luck again, especially given ex-Utd ace Dimitar Berbatov has told the club that strengthening there is a must.
Man Utd set to make new Jadon Sancho transfer approach by finalising agent fees before submitting offer to Dortmund
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
