Man Utd make decision on £20m Kieran Trippier transfer with Jadon Sancho saga nearly over

Man Utd: Solskjaer urges team to use Europa pain to rebuild

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Manchester United are unwilling to spend £20million on Kieran Trippier, according to reports. The Atletico Madrid star is on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s transfer radar as he eyes the Premier League title next time out. But while a deal for Jadon Sancho is close, an arrangement that would take his England team-mate to Old Trafford still appears to be a long way off.

Manchester United are looking to bolster their squad this summer.

After finishing second to Manchester City last term, and failing to win the Europa League, Solskjaer knows his side requires more.

A deal to take Sancho to Old Trafford is nearing completion, with United confident a deal will go ahead despite their latest bid failing to meet Borussia Dortmund’s asking price.

But, regarding Trippier, noises emerging from the club are less optimistic.

The Telegraph have revealed United are unwilling to spend £20m on Trippier, despite his fine showings for Atletico Madrid last term.

And with the La Liga giants determined to keep hold of the right-back, it may force Solskjaer’s side into going back to the drawing board.

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Trippier is being targeted because Solskjaer feels he can provide good competition for Aaron Wan-Bissaka, having seen Luke Shaw galvanised by the arrival of Alex Telles on the opposite flank.

But United may now look at alternatives, with Norwich City’s Max Aarons one potential option.

Trippier and Sancho aren’t the club’s only transfer targets at present, either, with the club also looking to land a new defender.

Raphael Varane is Solskjaer’s top transfer target, with the France international looking increasingly likely to leave Real Madrid for a different challenge elsewhere.

And Nicky Butt, speaking recently, implored his old side to get a deal for the 2018 World Cup winner done as they look to win the Premier League for the first time since Sir Alex ferguson’s retirement.

“For me, next season has to be about getting some silverware back in that trophy cabinet for Manchester United,” Butt told Ladbrokes.

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“It’s about getting the right players who will allow you to challenge for trophies.

“It’s a winning club, so we can’t go this long without silverware.

“The biggest thing that needs addressing for me at Manchester United this summer is that centre-back position; we need a partner for Harry Maguire.

“It has to be someone that’s going to be compatible with Maguire.

“If you spend the kind of money you did on Harry Maguire, you then have to follow it up by bringing someone in who can play with him.

“He’s the club captain; Victor Lindelof is too similar to him. It needs to be someone with pure, blistering pace, someone who can play out from the back.

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“Everyone talks about Raphael Varane. I understand he’s a little bit older than most people would perhaps like, but you just have to go back to the days of Teddy Sheringham.

“I think we bought him when he was 32, and we went and won the treble with him. If Varane is available, then I’d go all out for him.”

Joel Glazer, United’s co-owner, has vowed to give Solskjaer the transfer backing he needs.

“We think that Manchester United is a very well run club, and we think clubs throughout football could take a look at us, and there’s a lot of good to be seen when it comes to some of these things that are controversial,” Glazer said.

“We’re able to spend with the top clubs throughout Europe, whether it’s wages or transfer fees, we’ve been able to keep our ticket prices low, we’ve not increased them in over 10 years.

“We’re able to pay a dividend but it’s a modest proportion of our five to six hundred million pounds of revenue; it’s less than three percent of that.

“We have debt, but a lot of other clubs do have debt as well. We pay a very low interest rate, mostly fixed interest debt. So, if interest rates went up it would not affect us, but we had made progress in reducing our debt over the last several years. The net debt was meaningfully reduced a couple years ago.”

He then added: “It [debt and dividend payments] has never stood in the way of us pursuing players or transfers on the pitch.

“We may have walked away from transfers at times because the other side wanted an outlandish number. And while it’s easy to pay it that one time, it does have consequences.

“You do it once and the next person expects it, and then the next person expects it. And that’s not good, ultimately, for the club. So, we think that we’re able to accomplish all these things and still have.

“We’re going to keep investing on the pitch, which we did last year, and we plan on doing it meaningfully this year. So, we feel that we’re in a good spot.”

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