MANCHESTER UNITED TALK. SOLSKIJIERS 1ST TRANSFER WINDOW BUSSINESS

January 2019 is finally here and every Manchester United involved is well aware of what the arrival of January means, with the arrival of January means the time for transfer talk has arrived once again. Naturally, the January transfer window is one which passes by so quickly that most big club such as Manchester United has been known to neglect any major activity in the transfer market until the summer transfer window when the European market typically opens up to allow major trades between all of the major leagues around Europe.

However, during the January transfer window, Manchester United have been known to make a few little deals here and there to bring in players whom typically tends to play a few vital roles in Manchester United's season. The ManchesterUnitedPost will do it’s best to discuss a good amount of the lastest transfer business as quickly as Manchester United football club makes decisions during this month of January 2019. Let’s dive right into the transfer window business discussion.

Manchester United according to Jose Mourinho because Mourinho was sacked as Manchester United explained that one of the reasons why Manchester United has been hindered from reaching the clubs capable potential of winning trophies in recent years was due to the clubs lack of firepower in different parts of the field. Fullbacks, midfielders, center backs, pick your choice. According to Jose  Mourinho, if you could name a position Manchester United was apparently lacking in the department under Jose Mourinho's regime which would seemingly explain why Manchester United have automatically adopted a defensive tactic in the past four seasons at least. 

In addition to Jose Mourinho subsequently dismissed from Old Trafford, caretaker manager Ole Gunner Solskijer has returned to basics by enforcing route one attacking football back in Manchester United’s system. So, can the truth be deducted to be that Manchester United were not lacking any necessary number of players to enforce attacking football in the football club for the past three years or so but rather recent past Manchester United manager such as Jose Mourinho used the clubs “lack of quality player”, (defensive or offensive) as an excuse to hide their lack  of knowledge in implementing attacking strategies? Maybe not! At least not necessarily!

Manchester United appear to be taking care-taker manager Ole Gunner Solkijier’s seriously with the club linked with some big-name players while the Manchester United legend still holds a temporary managerial position at Manchester United dug-out. Douglas Costa is the first name linked with a move to Manchester United during the January 2019 transfer window. With Manchester United showing a clear lack of pace in the with especially on the right-hand side, Manchester United seem to have decided on Brazilian wide-man Douglas Costa as a suitable option to add more speed to Manchester United’s arsenal. €40 million pounds will be the cost to bring such a pacey, goal-hungry, Douglas Costa to a manchester united club that continues to strengthen and rebuild during the post-Jose Mourinho era that is clearly underway at Old Trafford. 

40 million is a plausible amount for such an impact player such as Douglas Costa who will clearly inject more quality to the Manchester United team especially within need of a natural right winger which will allow Marcus Rashford the opportunity to advance further upfront to his natural out-out striker role. Unfortunately for Manchester United, the goal seeing the young Douglas Costa in a Manchester United jersey will have to wait a little longer after Juventus officials recently delivered the news of Douglas Costa's unavailability during the January 2019 transfer window.

Another player who continues to be linked with a move to Manchester United is a certain Tottenham Hotspur defender who continues to show his lack of commitment to Wembley. The player in question is none other than one Toby Alderweild. The Tottenham defender continues to show his unwillingness to stay loyal to Tottenham team by letting his contract run into the last valid year which will allow any other club to sign the soon to be a 32-year-old defender in the summer of 2019. Realistically, Manchester United owners understand that committing a fee of about £40 mill for a defender who is nearing the late stages of his career might not be the sought of improvement Manchester United need as a means to promote further progress in the club in the future.

Some Manchester United fans have recently made their opinions heard via social Media backing Manchester United’s continuous chase for the Belgium Center Back, a chase which appears set to reward Manchester United’s persistence come summer 2018. While the acquisition of any player whom can improve the football clubs general productivity on the pitch can hardly be considered a negative move, the rationale of paying a fee of around £40 million for a player at the late stage of his career might be a decision the Glazer Family along with chief executive chairman Ed Woodward and of course career taker manager Ole Gunner Solskijier might want to take a little bit more time to deliberate on.

Besides, judging from the look of the current Manchester United squad, acquiring another extra center back in the team should not be Manchester United’s chief executive managers top priority this January and the 2019 summer transfer window. Manchester United cannot lose sight of the fact the club is short on official right-wingers. Make do right-wingers Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard might be doing excellent jobs at filling the right wing position, however, these men have shown that their best attribute is best used in the middle of the park as strikers or central attacking midfield players.

 With Manchester United clearly attempting to reinvent themselves in other to close down the clear gap in the quality of football between the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool, Manchester United might look to invest a substantial amount of financial asset to acquire not just a good center back such as Toby Alderweild but also at least one quick out and out right winger to fill the void young Marcus Rashford (natural striker) has been filling and doing a remarkably well with all things considered. United States international and current right winger for German side Borussia Dortmund Christian Pulisic has become a specific target for Manchester United from the January 2019 till the end of summer 2019. Dortmund is willing to let go Pulisic for a fee of 70 million but will except Christian Pulisic exit only when the current Bundus Liga season ends in 2019.

Christian Pulisic current contract is set to expire in 2020 and Borrusia Dortmund appears unwilling to trigger the players' automatic one-year extension clause which might result to Pulisic walking away for free during the summer of 2020, meaning Borussia Dortmund will be ever so willing to part ways with Christian Pulisic in the 2019 January transfer window. Manchester United has not made any clear bids for the player as of yet but the ManchesterUnitedPost will keep the readers updated with discussions on any major move made by The Manchester United hierarchy in regards to Christian Pulisic.