Manchester United completed their whirlwind swoop for Marcel Sabitzer within 11 chaotic hours on January deadline day and - inside an equally frantic 90 minutes on Thursday night - the Austrian dropped the biggest hint yet he could be perfect to solve two lingering concerns.
It was only when Andy Carroll thundered into a reckless challenge on Christian Eriksen during the FA Cup tie with Reading that United were forced into the market.
Sabitzer was earmarked, pursued and signed within a blink of the eye as Erik ten Hag once again underlined his squad-building savvy.
From that point on, the blueprint was simple; to team Sabitzer with Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes as United continued their charge, at that juncture, on four fronts.
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