5 players Manchester United can target this January

#4 Keita Balde

Balde has scored 5 goals in 15 appearances this year

The 21-year old Lazio man is another forward that Manchester United to bring some youthful energy to the attack. Balde is one of the most promising players to graduate from La Masia, Barcelona’s famed youth academy.

After his public fall-out with Lazio this year, he left the Christmas party halfway through the President’s speech and a move away is highly anticipated.

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Manchester United should seize the opportunity before any other big team get their hands on him as the player himself seems interested in a move to Old Trafford: “I have a contract until 2018 and for the time being I will stay here. But my ambition is to get to play for the best teams in the world such as Real Madrid and Manchester United. It’s the dream of all players,” said the young Senegalese forward.

Rated at £30 million now, United tried to sign him 5 years ago but failed. The player has since emerged as a quick frontman and an accomplished dribbler who can terrorise defences on either flank. If United do qualify for next season’s Champions League, this kind of signing will only bolster the squad.