Man Utd sold Marouane Fellaini during the January transfer window (Image: GETTY)
Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer talked transfers with Ed Woodward (Image: GETTY)
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The 24-year-old has impressed at Sporting Lisbon but whether United are able to snap him up remains to be seen.
News of United exploring the prospect of signing a Fellaini replacement comes at the same time as:
Man Utd are eyeing a transfer for Bruno Fernandes (Image: GETTY)
Meanwhile, journalist Duncan Castles believes United are foolishly giving out new contracts to certain players.
“You still have the fundamental problem that Woodward keeps handing new contracts to players who are not of sufficient quality for Manchester United, so he blocks up the wage bill and blocks up space at the training ground,” Castles said on The Transfer Window podcast.
Most managers will tell you they don’t want overly large squads because it becomes difficult to handle on the training pitch and around the training ground, guys that are not getting playing time etcetera, it just creates issues.
“And I think the fundamental thing here is that, as we’ve said on many occasions, one of the things that [Ole Gunnar] Solskjaer has in his favour, in terms of getting the job, is he’s perceived as being a more passive figure in the transfer market.”