Man Utd transfer news: Caicedo

The Glazers make decision

Manchester United owners the Glazers will only spend in January if “a deal presents itself” to the club, according to transfer expert Duncan Castles.

United are linked with a host of players ahead of the opening of the winter window in just over a week’s time. Bayern Munich defender David Alaba is reportedly one of a number of targets for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Castles said on the Transfer Window podcast: “Their stance has been: ‘We will not necessarily do something in January, we know it’s a difficult market to complete deals and a difficult market to bring players over and integrate’.

“[It’s ironic] since they probably did one of the best January signings ever and quickest integrations in Bruno Fernandes, who essentially became the best player in the team inside a couple of weeks.

“But they’re conscious that January is difficult to do these deals and they’re saying the only way we will do something is if the deal presents itself at the right price in this window, otherwise we’ll wait until the summer to act on the positions we need to further round out Solskjaer’s team.”