Eric Tenhag wants United to sign Tyrell Malacia, the Feyenoord left-back known to Dutch fans as the "Bulldog". Last summer, Tenhag had hoped to bring the 22-year-old Dutch international to Ajax, but ultimately failed. Now, he wants to bring Marasia to Manchester United.
Born in Rotterdam, Malaysia joined Feyenoord at the age of 9, where he was able to handle the ball with ease, speed and fierce tackles. On Thursday night, in the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals, Feyenoord beat Marseille 3-2, and Malaysia performed well in the match, receiving the attention of many scouts, including representatives of Manchester United and Lyon. Malaysia, who have just been named to the Netherlands coached by Van Gaal, are expected to compete in the World Cup at the end of the year.
In the summer window last year, Ajax asked for Malaysia, but because the team was a bitter rival to Feyenoord, Tenhag failed to do so. But Feyenoord is facing financial difficulties, so United only need £20 million to collect him.
Tenhag has found that United's full-back position needs to be strengthened, and all the players in the squad are flawed, either defensively or too poorly attacked. If Marcia were brought in, he would challenge Luke Shaw's main position, Tenhag also wanted right-back, wanbisaka assisted poor style, not suitable for Tenhag's tactics.
United also have a full-back, Brandon Williams, who has been loaned out to Norwich this season, and Williams, once known as the "new Elvin", has played regularly but has also performed unsatisfactorily. In this round of the Premier League, he fell to the ground twice in defence, gifting Aston Villa with a goal, and Norwich finally lost the goal and determined relegation early.
But United's attempt to bring in Ajax right-back Noussair Mazraoui was rejected, and Bayern Munich had a better chance of signing the Morocco international for free. The 24-year-old Mazlawi's contract expires this summer and United can offer a more lucrative contract than Bayern, but the Bundesliga overlords have a better chance of winning the title, and players have made it clear that the appeal of winning the Bundesliga title and participating in the Champions League is far more attractive than Manchester United's high salary.
According to rumors, Brazilian right winger Antoni of Jhafu, Ivorian centre-forward Alai and Dutch centre-back Timbel are also players the Red Devils want to bring in. But on Sunday, Britain's Daily Mirror reported that Ajax was reluctant to trade too many players with Manchester United. During Tenhag's negotiations, Ajax had asked United not to buy Ajax players in large numbers, but was refused. However, it will also allow Ajax to no longer be 100% cooperative with Manchester United's reinforcements.
Another problem is that in the rumors, United's centre-forward, right winger, midfielder, centre-back and full-back are all places to buy, while the British media says that the club's transfer budget for Tenhag is only £100 million. Even if each player only costs 20 million, the money is only enough to buy 5 new signings. Not to mention in the center, back and other positions, a player's asking price may be as high as more than 50 million pounds.
As a result, it is almost impossible for United to sign so many new signings in the same summer transfer window. Unless the club signs multiple free players from the free agent market.
Tenhag is adept at finding underpriced young talents, and he also has the support of United's board of directors, who have promised to purge the Red Devils who do not listen to his orders.