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Manchester United were always planning on an eventful summer at the end of last season.
It was the first transfer window under Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his new team of operational directors, marking the start of United’s mega rebuild project.
Dan Ashworth, Omar Berrada, Jason Wilcox and Christopher Vivell were all recruited to the club to start moving The Red Devils in the right direction.
Ultimately United managed to sign five major players with Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte moving to Manchester.
However, Ratcliffe’s initial shortlist of centre-backs looked very different
United’s initial defensive shortlist
At the start of the summer United identified three key centre-backs as their priority targets for the transfer window.
Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite was top of the list with United submitting two bids for the English defender.
Whilst United’s final bid was for £50 million, Everton rejected this wanting upwards of £70 million instead.
Then there was Jean-Clair Todibo of OGC Nice.
Todibo confirmed that conversations had been had with him about a move to Old Trafford, however he ended up with a different United.
West Ham managed to swoop in and secure the Frenchman, bringing him to London instead of Manchester.
Finally we had Gleison Bremer, the Juventus centre-back.
United’s interest in Bremer was strong at the start of the summer but also re-emerged when things began stalling with de Ligt.
Gleison Bremer sustains season-ending injury
Now, Fabrizio Romano has reported that injury has struck, ruling Gleison Bremer out of the rest of the season.
The Brazilian has suffered a torn his ACL with meniscus involved and he will miss the rest of the season.
Now with Bremer side-lined it’s unlikely that any continued interest in the star will acted on this January
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