DBasia.news – Manchester United are reportedly ready to bring in Juventus winger Douglas Costa if they fail to bring in Jadon Sancho in the 2019-2020 summer transfer market.
As quoted from Sky Sports, Tuesday (18/8), United’s recruitment team continues to monitor Costa’s development this season. This is in line with the club’s goal of looking for a winger in the next few weeks.
Although United still make Jadon Sancho the main target for that position. If they unable to lobby Borussia Dortmund to release Sancho at a reasonable price, Costa will be an alternative for Manchester United for the winger position.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is indeed trying to increase the depth of his squad for the long term, after The Red Devils lost to Sevilla in the semi-finals of the Europa League.
“We have to strengthen the depth of the squad because (next season) will be a long season,” said Solskjaer.
Because, he continued, his team must continue to progress and demand many things from the players they have. Moreover, the competition will start next month, so preparations are very short. ” But the market (transfer) was opened for a long time. So we have to be good, smart and smart,” he concluded.