Manchester United were linked with a whole manner of names during the summer as the transfer window descended into silly season.
It betrayed United's growing desperation to get quality bodies in through the door after it became abundantly clear that they were needed following the two opening defeats. So many players were being linked it was hard to see which ones would eventually arrive at Old Trafford.
With United actually looking to sign Marko Arnatuovic it made any other name tenuously touted hard to dismiss right out of hand, regardless of how ludicrous or far-fetched. It would have been easy for United to give into the chaos, to make tired, old mistakes and spend a lot of money just for the sake of it.
