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George Smith

Erik ten Hag might already know the answer to Manchester United's £50m transfer error

Considering Manchester United had drawn up a list of 804 right-backs before settling on signing Aaron Wan-Bissaka in the summer of 2019, they would have hoped that the former Crystal Palace man would have justified their selection.

But less than three years on from his arrival at Old Trafford, his future at the club is already in doubt. He has struggled to nail down a starting berth under Ralf Rangnick, starting just six of the German's opening 20 games in charge, and Diogo Dalot has leapfrogged him in the pecking order.

The Portuguese ace has started 13 times under Rangnick and has more often than not been given the nod because he is better going forward than his right-back counterpart. Wan-Bissaka is reasonably solid defensively but struggles to offer United any kind of outlet when venturing into the final third.

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