Man Utd Transfers: 6 potential signings that got away

Manchester United are always linked to a plethora of players in every transfer window, but who were the targets that were massively linked to them but somehow got away?

Erik ten Hag will no doubt be a busy man this summer, with the Red Devils already being linked to a mass amount of players with the window still in its early days. Jurrien Timber, Frankie de Jong and Darwin Nunez have been the main three names floating around – but none of them have been confirmed as of yet.

With United being one of the biggest clubs in the world with one of the largest fanbases, rumours are always going to circulate regarding many players that are available, but there are a certain few that stick out in United fans’ minds as being more heavily reported than others.

So, with this – let’s take a look at some of Manchester United’s transfer targets that simply got away.

The sheer number of images with the Dutchman in a red shirt plastered over the internet is utterly incredible.

Back in 2010, Wesley Sneijder had just won a Champions League with Inter Milan and had propelled his country to a World Cup final. So naturally, he was going to be linked with a move somewhere.

United seemed the heavy favourites to secure the silky playmaker’s signature, but despite the mass amount of media coverage – the move never occurred.

It was thought that the figure Inter wanted was too expensive for United’s liking, which ultimately meant they pulled out and looked elsewhere.

But that didn’t stop the rumour resurfacing every year since then, only really stopping when the midfielder made a switch to Galatasaray in his later years, all but destroying any chance that he would ever play at The Theatre of Dreams.

One that United fans will be bitterly