Barcelona make Manchester United superstar their top transfer target, Manchester United want to sign 5 players in the summer and more: Transfer Roundup, 17 April 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Apr 17, 2019 13:35 GMT

Leo Messi would be chuffed if Barcelona can land their top transfer target

Manchester United want to make 5 signings in the summer

SSC Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly is one of the players that Manchester United are expected to go all out for

Manchester United have been enduring a tough run of results this past month. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's initial honeymoon phase has well and truly lapsed and the chinks in the Red Devils' armour are starting to show again.

It is being iterated time and again that several players who currently don the Red and Black do not deserve to represent the Old Trafford outfit.

As such, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a massive rebuilding job to do in the summer if they are to have any chance of being relevant in a title race next season. Now, as per reports, Manchester United will try to sign at least 5 players. Meanwhile, departures will be aplenty.

Manchester United's wishlist includes Kalidou Koulibaly and Raphael Varane as the options at centre-back. They want Saul Niguez of Atletico Madrid in midfield. They are also preparing to launch bids for Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Declan Rice and Jadon Sancho.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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