Manchester United’s summer transfer plans should begin to take shape over the next few weeks.
Tasked with overseeing a major rebuild ahead of the 2019-20 season, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won’t be sitting on his hands after Daniel James’ £15 million signing last week.
The former Swansea winger certainly fits the bill of the type of player Solskjaer believes will be key to driving the club back to the summit of English and European football.
Speaking to the official club website in May, the Norwegian said he wants to restore the Red Devils’ original philosophy of developing youth instead of buying ready-made stars.
“You have to have that value system – do you say that? A certain kind of attitude about you to make a Manchester United player,” he said.
United have reportedly been knocked back a second time in their pursuit of Aaron Wan-Basaka after Crystal Palace rejected a £50 million offer for the 21-year-old.
Meanwhile, negotiations with another key target – Issa Diop of West Ham – may have reached an impasse.
Despite inconsistency plaguing the majority of Martial’s four seasons at the club, the Red Devils hierarchy are generally of the view that his talent is worth persisting with.
However, with Solskjaer desperate to land a new centre-back this summer, it’s not entirely unfeasible he would be willing to use the mercurial France international as makeweight.
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