Man United January transfer briefing: Which three players are on their radar, how they can get around limited budget and the six players they want to sell
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Bad news, Manchester United fans - it may not get much better any time soon. After another damaging defeat at home by Newcastle on Monday, new manager Ruben Amorim admitted he does not have much at his disposal to improve matters in January. So any solutions will have to be quite creative to improve on United's worst month since September 1930, losing six times.
![[Ruben Amorim (right) admitted he does not have much at his disposal to improve matters]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/11/93608229-14238965-image-a-9_1735643410208.jpg)
But what can they do, who might arrive and who could be pushed out of the door? Here, as part of our series looking at Premier League clubs' January transfer plans, our United expert Chris Wheeler answers the five big questions. An awful lot judging by the wretched run of results that have seen United drop to the fringes of the relegation battle.
![[After blowing £600million under Erik ten Hag, Amorim knows there isn’t much left to spend]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/11/93613285-14238965-image-a-10_1735644822246.jpg)
Manchester United are on a dismal run of form as they head into the January transfer window. Ruben Amorim (right) admitted he does not have much at his disposal to improve matters. A left wing-back is one of the priorities after right-footer Diogo Dalot has had to fill in while Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia come back from long-term injuries. Shaw may well end up being a central defender in Ruben Amorim’s 3-4-3 system when he is fully fit again.
![[United will have to sell to buy, or at the very least agree loan deals with an obligation to buy at the end of them]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/11/93613727-14238965-image-a-23_1735646023891.jpg)
A striker feels like another necessity with Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee scoring just five Premier League goals between them so far this season. Zirkzee’s confidence looks shot after fans cheered his first-half substitution against Newcastle on Monday night.
![[The main target at left wing-back is Nuno Mendes, who played for Amorim at Sporting Lisbon]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/11/93613359-14238965-image-a-11_1735644864266.jpg)
