How Man Utd could line up after Grealish, Maddison, Rice and Haaland transfers

Manchester United want to sign Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish, West Ham’s Declan Rice, Red Bull Salzburg’s Erling Haaland and Leicester’s James Maddison when the transfer window reopens next month, according to ESPN. We now look at how the quartet could look in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.

James Maddison

United have been tracking Leicester star Maddison over the past year - and think the playmaker is the answer to their creative problems.

Current No 10’s Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata are not up to scratch and Solskjaer is well aware of it.

The report says United have Maddison as a priority for January, despite the fact they know the England international will be difficult to sign.

Should they somehow manage to get a transfer done, however, the 23-year-old would likely play behind a No 9.

That would then allow Solskjaer to revert to a two-man midfield.

Erling Haaland

He’s perhaps the most-coveted forward in world football.

And United believe they can land Haaland due to the fact he played under Solskjaer at Molde earlier in his career.

Should he sign, it would likely be at Martial’s expense.

The France international is too inconsistent for Solskjaer, who has grown frustrated at his lacklustre displays.

And that’s where Haaland could come in.

United XI in full: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Pogba, Rice, Maddison, Grealish, Haaland, Rashford