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How Man Utd would have looked if Ed Woodward had signed all January transfer targets
Manchester United chief Ed Woodward signed two players in the January transfer window - but not all of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's preferred targets.
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Manchester United chief Ed Woodward was able to bring Bruno Fernandes and Odion Ighalo to Old Trafford during the January transfer window. The club went into the month, though, with more names on their radar. Express Sport now takes a look at how the Red Devils would have lined up had they got all the players they were eyeing through the door.
Donny van De Beek
Manchester United know they’re still short in midfield, despite the arrival of Fernandes.
And the club, at the start of the month, were eyeing a deal for Ajax star Donny van de Beek.
United rate the Dutchman, who has scored eight goals and registered four assists from 19 Eredivisie matches.
Had he signed, he would have likely slotted in alongside both Fernandes and Paul Pogba.
And United could try and land the 22-year-old again when the transfer window reopens at the end of the season.
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Jadon Sancho
United always knew it would be difficult to bring Jadon Sancho to Old Trafford.
But that didn’t stop them from initially thinking a deal for the Borussia Dortmund star could be struck.
United first started to think Sancho could be signed in January earlier in the season when he fell out with Dortmund boss Lucien Favre.
But with Sancho’s form picking up, the Bundesliga giants refused to sell.
This is a deal United will definitely try and strike come the summer.
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Erling Braut Haaland
Before United turned their attentions to Odion Ighalo, they’d wanted to sign Erling Braut Haaland.
Solskaer was convinced he would land his man, with the 19-year-old even telling his compatriot he’d make the move.
But United, in the end, missed out.
Haaland joined Borussia Dortmund instead, with super-agent Mino Raiola ensuring his client move to Germany.
And, with hours of the transfer window to go, Woodward ended up striking a deal for Ighalo instead.
Full Man Utd XI and subs:
De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Williams, Fernandes, Pogba, Van de Beek, Sancho, Haaland, Rashford
Possible bench: Romero, Bailly, Shaw, Lingard, McTominay, Fred, Martial