Man Utd were \u201cprepared to change the system\u201d to make sure they signed Antoine Semenyo in January, according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano.<\/p>\n
The Red Devils have been inconsistent once again this season with Ruben Amorim\u2019s side winning just two of their last eight Premier League matches.<\/p>\n
Despite that poor run of form, Man Utd<\/strong><\/a> find themselves seventh in the Premier League<\/strong><\/a>, three points off fourth-placed Chelsea but only four points ahead of 15th-placed Brentford.<\/p>\n Man Utd have lost Bryan Mbeumo, Amad Diallo and\u00a0Noussair Mazraoui to Africa Cup of Nations<\/strong><\/a> duty, while Bruno Fernandes could reportedly be out for six matches with a hamstring injury<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The Red Devils are looking to bring in some reinforcements over the January transfer window but could wait until the summer as they look to avoid signing players who will only make a short-term impact.<\/p>\n Bournemouth winger Semenyo was a player they were seriously pushing for in recent days but arch-rivals Man City have beaten them to his signing.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Top 10 post-Christmas title capitulations to frighten Arsenal (who have previous)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Citizens are expected to sign Semenyo when the transfer window opens in a week with Semenyo declaring Pep Guardiola\u2019s side as his \u2018preference\u2019.<\/p>\n But Romano has revealed that Man Utd pulled out all the stops to try and sign the former Bristol City man by even offering a change of system to incorporate him into Amorim\u2019s side.<\/p>\n Romano said on his YouTube channel<\/a>: \u201cMan City believe they won this crazy race. The reaction from Man Utd is, \u2018We tried our best\u2019. Man Utd made their best effort, be it tactical or financial.<\/p>\n \u201cUtd made a very important financial offer to Semenyo. They pushed like crazy. They were even prepared to change the system to welcome Semenyo.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Ruben Amorim indicated that he only wants players who want to be at Manchester United, who want to wear the shirt, \u2018We don\u2019t want players who are not convinced\u2019.<\/p>\n MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> \u201cEven last summer, with Viktor Gyokeres, get Champions League football, no Champions League football, United [said] okay, so game over [from Utd\u2019s perspective].\u201d<\/p>\n Romano added: \u201cI\u2019ve been telling you that Manchester United, in the conversations they had with Antoine Semenyo, made clear that they were even prepared to change the system to welcome Antoine Semenyo at the club.<\/p>\n \u201cSo Semenyo was not going to play wing-back. The idea of Man United was even to open doors to a different system with Semenyo up front.<\/p>\n \u201cBut despite an important financial effort, because United, especially yesterday, made an important financial effort to try to get the player, despite their tactical effort to welcome Semenyo, to try to find the best tactical way. They didn\u2019t get the green light from Antoine Semenyo.\u201d<\/p>\n
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