Man Utd will keep summer transfers ‘quiet’, says Solskjaer

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has suggested Man Utd will be busy this summer, but they will aim to keep their transfer dealings ‘quiet’.

The Red Devils have been linked with a number of top quality stars, including Paulo Dybala and Nikola Milenkovic.

Their top priority is thought to be Dortmund’s Erling Haaland, who is wanted by the rest of Europe too.


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The player’s father, former City man Alf-Inge, and agent, Mino Raiola, are touring Europe to get an idea of his next destination.

Man Utd are among the ten clubs in the running to sign Haaland.

However, Solskjaer refuses to get drawn into the speculation.

Speaking about Haaland at a press conference, he said: “I’m focusing on the next two months and whatever happens in the world of football… there’s only so many places anyone can go to.

“I just focus on the ones who are here and even though I’ve worked with Erling it’s not right for me as a Man Utd manager (to be) talking about Erling.

“I can talk about him as an ex coach of his but he will make his own mind up.”

The 20-year-old Norwegian is seen as a replacement for Edinson Cavani, who looks set to leave for Boca Juniors.

It’s believed that the striker wants to move closer to his family in South America and win trophies in Argentina.

When asked about Man Utd’s summer recruitment process, Solskjaer continued: “I think the way the world works at the moment, you’d like to do, of course, all your business on the quiet and all your talks on the quiet.

“But there’s platforms everywhere, there’s news – the media now makes that more and more difficult. Who can you trust?

“Hopefully we can suddenly sit here with players that no-one’s written about and thought we’re going to go to.

“We conduct our recruitment business or scouting and the players that we are interested in, we do it the right way I feel.

“Of course we have a plan and one we think’s going to happen.

“Two months is a long time in football as well. Things might change.

“There’s obviously a couple of players whose future is not decided yet – some without contracts, some with contracts.

“We do have a certain picture of how we think the squad is going to look in August.”