Man Utd: Solskjaer says team are ‘always looking to improve’
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would rather sign a right winger and a striker before going for a defender, reports say. The Norwegian has seen all five of his acquisitions shine at Old Trafford. And, with Jadon Sancho and Moussa Dembele links to refusing to die down, the Red Devils manager could be set to improve his side’s already blistering attack.
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United believe the Borussia Dortmund star has all the attributes to succeed at Old Trafford having watched him terrorise Bundesliga defences over the past three seasons.
And they think he can fill the void left behind by Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure to Real Madrid back in the summer of 2009.
United are even prepared to hand the England international Ronaldo’s old No 7 shirt, with Alexis Sanchez primed to be moved on.
Regarding a striker, United chose to extend Odion Ighalo’s loan spell until January 2021 with the Nigerian impressing since his January arrival.
But they remain strongly linked with Dembele, who impressed for Lyon before the Ligue 1 season was scrapped.
Meanwhile, speaking recently, Solskjaer admitted he was unsure how the coronavirus would impact his side’s spending at the end of the season.
"I think the pandemic has hit everyone really hard," said the Norwegian.
"I still think we need to wait and see how things are panning out to know the real effects of the pandemic, to know what kind of financial state we are in.
"You see some teams invest, some teams don't.
“We'll have to take a big look at things ourselves to see how hard we've been hit. I know the club has announced a few numbers before.
"It's not for me to say here now we are going to have X amount because I don't really know.
“I don't really know how hard we have been hit. We are a financially strong club, but we are also probably being hit more than anybody else.
"Let's see how quickly we can get our fans back into the stadium and of course the league position is going to be important for us this season.
"If we can get a trophy, the FA Cup or the Europa League.
"The Europa League will also qualify us for the Champions League, there's still a lot of uncertainty and these three or four months, every businessman in the world, every footballer in the world, I think everyone is still unsure what the effect will be."
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