Ralf Rangnick explains what he has told Manchester United board about transfer targets

Ralf Rangnick has suggested Manchester United could be a credible force again after just 'two or three transfer windows'.

United dropped more points again in their 1-1 Premier League draw with Leicester at Old Trafford to leave them still in sixth and with a dismal 50% win percentage at home, while they have won 14 of their 30 league games.

United's fifth successive season is certain to end trophyless and their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League are fading, with Arsenal three points ahead and with two games in hand.

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Rangnick reiterated the United squad lacks physicality and the club needs to address the balance of assembling a squad of too many technical players.

The German, who is due to start a consultancy role on July 1, revealed he had advised the United board to recruit players in the next manager's image - as Liverpool and Manchester City have - with Erik ten Hag the favoured candidate to take over next season.

"Both teams of Manchester City and Liverpool - I also watched the Liverpool game today - they also had problems to find their rhythm but in the end, they still won 2-0 quite comfortably," Rangnick said. "Those two teams have been built together and recruited over a period of five or six years, all of them under the premise of how do the coaches want to play?

"We spoke about that already yesterday, and this is what has to happen. That far I can go right now. I told the board this is what has to happen. Whenever the new head coach is clear, it has to be how does he want to play and what kind of players do we need for that?

"Then we come back to DNA, speed, physicality, tempo, what do we need? This team does not lack technical players, it can do with more