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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer names five Manchester United transfer regrets
20.09.2023 - 08:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has lifted the lid on his frustration at missing out on a number of top targets during his time as manager of Manchester United.
The Norwegian manager was backed by a number of new players during his time at the club, but was not always able to bring in the elite-level targets he wanted. There were situations when Solskjaer wasn't given the power to take risks on then unproven youngsters like Erling Haaland or Moises Caicedo, and others when the club simply wouldn't finance huge moves for the likes of Harry Kane.
It could have turned out very differently had United managed to sign all of the elite players Solskjaer had shown an interest in, though there is also no guarantee they would have all thrived as well as they have done had they moved to Old Trafford instead. When asked in an interview with The Athletic if the United job was impossible, Solskjaer explained the struggle of signing the best youngsters in world football and listed the players he'd have loved to have signed himself.
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"The expectations are very high but we can’t live in the same era as when I played," he said. "We had Arsenal and Chelsea as rivals towards the end. Now, most teams have money or even if they don’t, they don’t need to sell.
"Back then, Wayne (Rooney) and Cristiano (Ronaldo) were the best young players and we signed them. Now, United can’t just go and buy Evan Ferguson. We couldn’t buy the players I mentioned to the club."
Asked who those players were, he continued: "Erling Haaland, before he made his Salzburg debut. Declan Rice, who wouldn’t have cost what he did in the summer. We discussed Moises Caicedo
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