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Former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney urged the club to sign Tottenham striker Harry Kane in place of Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho this summer.
Sancho has been United’s top priority and while they have been frustrated with the Dortmund negotiations, sources have told ESPN they have not given up on signing him before the transfer window closes on Monday.
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However, Rooney believes that Sancho would have a hard time fitting into the team because he is too similar to Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial.
“Jadon Sancho is a top-notch player, but I find it strange that he was Manchester United’s transfer priority,” he wrote in his Sunday Times column.
“Why consider paying close to £ 100 million for someone similar to the talent you already have? United have Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial and where would Sancho’s arrival leave Mason Greenwood, who plays in the same position and has the same age?
“I’d rather spend that £ 100 million trying to get Harry Kane. Yes, getting Kane out of Tottenham would be difficult, maybe impossible, but United is a club that must always strive to sign the best players and Kane is exactly what Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs, as does Erling Haaland, who United lost last year: a genuine No. 9.
“There are not many who fit that profile and are elite in football right now, but the chances of United becoming a team that challenges the title would be greater if they had such a player.
“A Kane or Haaland or someone like Robert Lewandowski would give Rashford and Martial someone to play with and the freedom to move in different areas, pick up the ball and try to beat the men, without the burden of always having to score.”
Sources have told ESPN that United are close to signing a forward in Edinson Cavani. The 33-year-old has been a free agent this summer and is set to move to Old Trafford on a two-year deal.
Cavani will become the club’s second arrival after midfielder Donny van de Beek.
