Man Utd may finally sign their own Erling Haaland after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer failure

Manchester United may finally be about to sign their own Erling Haaland - three years after missing out on the Norwegian striker himself. Haaland joined Borussia Dortmund instead of United in 2020 and is now of course the main man at Manchester City. Haaland, 22, last year tore the Premier League apart in his first season with 36 goals in 35 games.

He won the treble with City and managed 52 goals in 53 games across all competitions - while United's entire team managed 103 goals in 62 matches. That comes after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Haaland's former manager at Molde, pushed to bring his countryman to United in 2020.

United, though, may now be about to sign their own version of the Terminator-like centre-forward in Atalanta's Rasmus Hojlund. The Dane does not offer the same goalscoring pedigree just yet - though he has six in six for Denmark and 10 in 34 for Atalanta - but does offer some of the same predatory attributes.

The No 9 has been installed as United's No 1 target up top per the Telegraph and an opening offer is being prepared. Randal Kolo Muani of Eintracht Frankfurt is another target but Ten Hag reportedly prefers Hojlund and hopes a deal can be done at around £50m.