Ralf Rangnick had advised incoming Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag to throw himself into negotiations with prospective signings.
United's failure to qualify for the Champions League is expected to impact their pulling power in the summer transfer market as it did in 2019, when they were reduced to recruiting Daniel James, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Harry Maguire from Swansea City, Crystal Palace and Leicester City for £150million. None of them have been an outright success.
Interim manager Rangnick stressed Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp, Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola are heavily involved in persuading targets to join their clubs. United gazumped City to sign Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo in the last three years, while Jose Mourinho convinced Romelu Lukaku to join United over Chelsea in 2017.
