Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick says it early to talk about transfer activities as he added that he is looking forward to meet Paul Pogba.
Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick says it is too early to talk about their activities in the transfer market.
The German has already been able to assess 27 different players during his opening matches with Crystal Palace and Young Boys, while also conducting several training sessions at Carrington.
Ralf said he is further on with his knowledge of the squad than he was at his unveiling seven days ago, but that more time will need to be spent assessing what will occur when clubs are able to buy players once again next month.
“I’ve got to know them better obviously in this week, I saw most of them play in two games,” Rangnick told reporters on Friday afternoon.
“We’ve three or four or five training sessions but it’s still too early to speak about what we might do in the transfer window.”
The 63-year-old added that he would speak to players one-to-one to address whether or not they would be better off moving, whether on loan or permanently.
“If I look at the number of players we have it’s still a big squad, we definitely do not have not enough players but we also need to make sure that players want to stay here,” he continued.
“If they’re not getting enough game time, it might make sense to speak individually with those players, to see what might work.”
There will be plenty of opportunity for game time over the busy festive period.
Saturday’s trip to Norwich City is focusing the mind at the moment, but matches against Brentford (away), Brighton (home), Newcastle (away) and Burnley (home) quickly follow before the end of 2021.
Ralf Rangnick further stated that he spoke to Paul Pogba this week but expects the France midfielder to be a further four weeks away from a return to action.
Rangnick said: “He is better to come back today, and then we will get to know each other in person on Sunday.
“We had a telephone call for about 10 or 15 minutes.
“He told me he is getting better but obviously he is still not fully fit, so it will take another couple of weeks until he is fit for training again and then of course he has been idle for quite some time, so I guess it will take another couple of weeks to get match-fit.
“In the first instance it’s important he gets fully fit in order to be able to train with the rest of the group and then we have to develop him physically and tactically to be fit to play in the Premier League.”
