Declan Rice. Jude Bellingham. Harry Kane. Moises Caicedo. Erling Haaland. Five players Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fought to get to Manchester United, but who United were not convinced of, or failed to convince for signing. Erik ten Hag also had two of these players as must-have players.
It’s a lot of what, if that in the world of football, but in retrospect, we can agree with Erik ten Hag on two players who would have changed the dynamics of Manchester United’s attacking play.
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United have been missing the great leader in midfield, the same at the very top. Solskjaer’s favourite goals Declan Rice and Harry Kane were also at the top of Erik ten Hag’s wish list.
“I said to them: ‘I only want one player – and you know who’. I fought for him,” ten Hag tells The Atheltic about goal machine Harry Kane.
The United bosses concluded that it was out of the question, Kane went to Bayern Munich and showed the world he scores regardless of shirt and league.
Ten Hag also wanted the green light to go “all in” for Rice when he played for West Ham, but didn’t get it.
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“At a club like United, you need these profiles to succeed. We signed young players with high potential, but they were not finished ‘products’,” Ten Hag said.
Imagine if.
