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22-10-2019 | 15:26 Football
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Gary Neville predicts Manchester United's transfer business ahead of January window

Manchester United legend Gary Neville reckons Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will target a "mobile striker like Roberto Firmino or Son Heung-min" in January. The Red Devils allowed Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez to go and they are now lack of strikers. Neville told Sky Sports: "I look at Firmino when he first came to England, I look at [Mohamed] Salah when he was first at Chelsea, I look at [Sadio] Mane. Sometimes players have to develop into what they are going to become. "I think United want a striker like Firmino, like Son at Tottenham. I think [Solskjaer] wants that type of player. I don't think he wants a typical striker who is basically going to be a Lukaku or a Costa. I don't think he's looking for that type. I think he's looking for a more mobile type in a front three or a front two. "I think this club has always had strikers who can play in pairs, who contribute off the ball. I'll make a point about Ruud van Nistelrooy. We won less championships with him at centre-forward than when we brought Louis Saha into partner Wayne Rooney. He was nowhere near as good a finisher as Ruud or as good a striker as Ruud, but the team became better.  And that's my point, I don't think Ole wants a striker like that; I think he wants a mobile striker."

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