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Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer eyes £20m transfer on the advice of Ryan Giggs
Manchester United are looking at Swansea City youngster Joe Rodon.
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Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to fork out £20million for Swansea centre-back Joe Rodon after receiving feedback from Wales boss Ryan Giggs. The Daily Mirror claims United will try to improve their defensive options this summer by shelling out for the 22-year-old.
United are set for a blockbuster summer transfer window.
They are set to seal deals to sign Jadon Sancho and Jack Grealish - forking out at least £170million to do so.
Despite the financial ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic, they are expected to be one of the league's biggest-spenders.
And according to the Mirror, they aren't stopping with those two incomings, as they are planning to sign Rodon too.
The Swansea ace has been impressive this season, and was handed his first Wales start by Giggs late last year.
And it was the Wales boss who had a word with Solskjaer and recommended he make a move for Rodon this summer.
The two former team-mates reportedly had talks about the youngster's development, and Giggs urged Solskjaer to make a move.
Speaking earlier this week, former United winger Giggs sang the praises of Rodon and compared him to Gary Pallister.
He explained that Rodon has the ability to drift into the channels and play the ball out from the back.
"Joe has grown over the last year or so," Giggs said.
"He is quick, sometimes you don’t appreciate it.
“It was the day after a game and we gave some players running drills, box to box.
"He was running with someone fast and went past them, effortlessly. I thought, ‘Oh, I hadn’t seen that .’
“It made me think a little bit of Gary Pallister. You don’t think of him as quick but when he got going at his peak, he was. When Pally got into the channels, no one out-ran him.
"So that suits the way I want to play.”