Manchester United reportedly rejected the chance to sign Julian Alvarez, Denis Zakaria and Boubacar Kamara during the January transfer window as they were wary of spending before appointing a new permanent manager in summer.
It was an extremely quiet transfer window for United with the club only overseeing the outgoings of Anthony Martial to Sevilla and Donny van de Beek to Everton.
But United's lack of business last month is reportedly due to their hesitation to splash the clash before appointing a new permanent manager.
Man United rejected the chance to sign Boubacar Kamara (left) as they are still managed by interim boss Ralf Rangnick (right)
The Red Devils appointed Ralf Rangnick as interim boss after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's dismissal in November but have yet to appoint a manager on a permanent basis.