In the build-up to Manchester United's trip to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday evening, interim manager Ralf Rangnick used his penultimate pre-match press conference to drop an almighty bombshell.
The German, who has littered his press conferences with refreshing levels of honesty since his December arrival at Old Trafford, made his biggest and most telling admission to date. He revealed that he wanted to add a striker to United's ranks in the January transfer window and his efforts were blocked.
"Obviously, there were some problems the team had at the end of November and as we all know, in the first couple of months, at least until end of January, we were improving," Rangnick said. "We were conceding fewer goals, we had a points average of 2.1 after the West Ham game.
