14 players signed by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Man Utd and where they are now
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer spent almost £500million during his two and a half years at the helm of Manchester United.
The former Red Devils’ striker was sacked in November after a humiliating 4-1 away defeat to relegation battling Watford. He was soon replaced by Ralf Rangnick who has also been experiencing his own issues with the current crop of players at United.
But a significant number of players at his disposal were all bought and signed by Solskjaer during his rollercoaster reign at Old Trafford. Mirror Football considers all 14 of them that Solskjaer brought through the door and where they are now.
Dan James’ £16m arrival from Swansea appeared to signify a change of approach when it came to transfers at Old Trafford. However, Sancho and Ronaldo’s arrival resulted in the Welsh wing wizard being sold to Leeds United for £26m.
James contributed nine goals in 74 United appearances before he was coaxed to the Yorkshire side by Marcelo Bielsa. New Leeds boss Jesse Marsch appears to rank the 24-year-old highly, deploying him for the full 90 minutes in his first four matches at the club.
After a strong first two seasons at United, Aaron Wan-Bissaka was labelled as the ‘best one-on-one defender’ in world football by Jamie Carragher. However, the £54m man from Crystal Palace has struggled with United’s more forward thinking approaches under Solskjaer and Rangnick.
The Englishman used to be undroppable at United, but a series of poor performances, coupled with Rangnick’s preference for attacking full-backs, has resulted in Wan-Bissaka being regularly dropped for Diogo Dalot.
Manchester United paid a whopping £80m to make Harry Maguire the most expensive defender in football history. After a strong first season, Maguire