Manchester United: Ralf Rangnick’s Stunning Revelation on Why the Club Blocked Haaland and Diaz Signings

• Former interim manager for Manchester United Ralf Rangnick has said that the club refused to sign players in January
• The German coach said requests to the club to sign the likes of Luis Diaz, Erling Haaland and Christopher Nkinku were rebuffed
• Haaland eventually joined Manchester City, while Diaz signed for Liverpool, becoming an important player for Jurgen Klopp

Manchester United's board said no to signing Luis Diaz, Erling Haaland and other impressive prospects in January 2022 after receiving a recommendation from interim manager Ralf Rangnick.

After Mason Greenwood's suspension and Anthony Martial's exit to Sevilla, United needed serious reinforcements in the attacking department. Still, the club's hierarchy declined Rangnick's request to sign players.

In January 2022, United were still in the Champions League, the FA Cup and fourth in the league. However, in a few months, United were out of the two competitions and hopes for Champions League football quickly vanished.

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The club did not sign any players in January, and according to Rangnick, they had opportunities to get some of Europe's highly sought players.

Rangnick's stunning revelations

Former interim manager Ralf Rangnick said the club said no player could improve the team, but the German disagrees, according to the Sun.

"The answer at the time was no there was no player on the market that could really help us - there were a few, Diaz who is now at Liverpool, Alvarez who will be at Manchester City in the summer, Vlahovic."

Rangnick pointed a finger at the club, saying they did not try to bring players in. Rangnick led United in an interim capacity after replacing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was fired after a horrific start to the season, according to Sky Sports.

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"I still believe that we should have at least tried, if we would've found and been able in 48 hours, 48 hours is short notice but it's still 48 hours, it might have been worth to try and internally discuss but we didn't and it was not done."

The current manager of the Austrian national football team said he also tried to get United to sign the likes of Alvaro Morata, Dusan Vlahovic, Christopher Nkunku, Josko Gvardiol, Luis Diaz and Erling Haaland.

Sports Brief earlier reported on Rangnick advising current Wolves striker Saša Kalajdžić not to join the club.

Rangnick advised him to stay in Germany, arguing that he would be better off in the Bundesliga.

The Austrian now plays for Wolves, but is out for the season after suffering a long-term injury.