Man Utd dealt deadline day blow in pursuit of Marcus Rashford replacement

Manchester United’s hopes of signing Leon Bailey are each but implicit with Aston Villa ‘unlikely’ to merchantability the winger connected transfer deadline day.

The Red Devils are successful hopeless request of caller firepower with lone 4 clubs scoring little than Ruben Amorim’s broadside successful the Premier League this season.

Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee person scored a combined 5 goals successful 43 appearances, with Amorim resorting to starting Kobbie Mainoo arsenic a striker successful Sunday’s clash with Crystal Palace.

That determination backfired arsenic they slumped to yet different defeat, with Jean-Philippe Mateta bagging a brace astatine Old Trafford.

And with Marcus Rashford completing a long-anticipated determination to Villa connected Sunday, their attacking options person been further depleted.

United person been linked with a fig of antithetic forwards including Christopher Nkunku and Mathys Tel – but connected deadline day, some players rejected the club.

Nkunku volition enactment astatine Chelsea portion Tel has opted to articulation Tottenham alternatively and now, with the January transportation model closing, they’ve missed retired connected different apical target.

Sky Sports study that Unai Emery is ‘unlikely’ to fto Bailey permission Villa Park astatine this time, contempt interest from United and Spurs.

The Jamaican winger has been successful and retired of the Villans’ starting XI this season, contributing conscionable 1 extremity and 3 assists successful 29 appearances.

The 27-year-old, who signed from Bayer Leverkusen for £25million successful 2021, remains well-regarded and United had been funny successful bringing him successful connected loan.

They nary uncertainty would person hoped that a woody could beryllium done fixed however rapidly and smoothly an statement was reached for Rashford’s loan, but it’s becoming progressively apt that nary caller guardant volition get successful Manchester earlier the deadline.

The Red Devils person astatine the precise slightest brought successful 2 caller defenders: £29million left-back Patrick Dorgu and teenage centre-back Ayden Heaven.

Additionally, Alejandro Garnacho has seemingly confirmed his tendency to enactment astatine Old Trafford amid daze links with Chelsea.

United volition anticipation to get backmost to winning ways successful their archetypal crippled pursuing deadline day: an FA Cup clash against Leicester City connected Friday.

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