Man Utd remain in the hunt for a left-back and a midfielder before Friday and two players fit the bill for Erik ten Hag.
When Manchester United began their search for a left-back last week the first reaction of many was to look up who played there for Erik ten Hag at Ajax. Simplistic it might be, but it's hardly without merit and sure enough, Nicolas Tagliafico has emerged as an option in the final days of the transfer window.
The 30-year-old Argentine moved to Lyon from Ajax for £3.5million a year ago and is a regular for the Ligue 1 side, but earlier this month Ajax were looking into a deal to bring Tagliafico back to Amsterdam. Now United could consider a loan move for a player who featured 169 times under Ten Hag.While a short-term deal for a left-back is favoured, with Marc Cucurella and Sergio Reguilon also under consideration, a permanent deal for a midfielder remains an option this week.
Ten Hag's fingerprints are clearly all over United's recruitment strategy, however. The Dutchman is demanding of those doing deals for him, as he was at Ajax, but he also struck up a very good relationship with Marc Overmars, before he lost his job as sporting director at the club in February 2022 after sending inappropriate messages to former colleagues.
This summer, he pushed for the signing of Mason Mount from Chelsea having followed the midfielder closely since he impressed for Vitesse in the Eredivisie during a loan spell in 2017/18. Ten Hag was so enamoured with Mount that season that he tried to sign him for Ajax in the summer of 2018,
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