Having ignored Ralf Rangnick's recommendations in the summer, Manchester United plumped for one of his alumni in the winter.
Marcel Sabitzer, once of RB Leipzig, played under Rangnick. "His development couldn't have been any better," Rangnick told Kicker in March 2020. Rangnick is now Sabitzer's coach with the Austria national side.
Sabitzer excelled against United in Leipzig's Champions League group stage win a little over two years ago and Bayern seldom sign duds. Sabitzer has had to vie with Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka in a Bayern midfield that Ryan Gravenberch is yet to make a Bundesliga start. In Bayern's 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt at the weekend, Kimmich was the sole holding midfielder.
