Ten Hag says Man Utd tried to sign Kane

Erik 10 Hag has revealed helium wanted to motion Harry Kane for Manchester United past twelvemonth but is convinced Rasmus Hojlund volition present connected his potential.

England skipper Kane joined Bayern Munich aft leaving boyhood nine Tottenham and has scored 43 goals successful each competitions for the Bundesliga giants.

Instead of Kane, United recruited Denmark planetary Hojlund for £72 cardinal ($90 million) from Atalanta — the 21-year-old has truthful acold scored 14 goals.

“We person to triumph each game,” Ten Hag told erstwhile United skipper Gary Neville connected Sky Sports.

“There’s an anticipation astir each crippled from america truthful you tin lone fulfil that anticipation erstwhile you person those outstanding players.”

But the United manager said the Old Trafford nine had not ever been capable to bring successful the players they had wanted implicit the past decade.

“Then you person to physique and you person to judge that you get endowment successful alternatively of players who person already proved it successful the past,” helium explained. “We person had immoderate choices made with talents similar Rasmus Hojlund.

“I tin spot a striker (Harry Kane) who already proved it, who we privation to motion and we couldn’t get him. And past we went to Rasmus due to the fact that he’s a talent.

“With Harry Kane you cognize you get 30 goals. I deliberation Rasmus volition get determination but helium needs time.

“It’s not just to measure him the aforesaid arsenic Harry Kane. I would ne'er comparison 2 players due to the fact that they are precise different. But with Rasmus Hojlund, we get the highest imaginable successful the striker presumption past summer.”

United person stumbled severely this play aft a affirmative archetypal run nether Ten Hag, who has had to woody with a lengthy wounded database and a drop-off successful signifier from cardinal players.

They are done to an FA Cup last against Manchester City but were knocked retired of Europe earlier Christmas and person missed retired connected qualification for adjacent year’s Champions League, ramping up unit connected the manager.

However, Ten Hag repeated his content the nine are connected the close track, saying patience is needed arsenic young talents advancement and players instrumentality to fitness.

The Dutchman’s aboriginal remains uncertain arsenic ambitious caller co-owners INEOS look to crook the nine around.

Jason Wilcox arrived arsenic method manager precocious arsenic portion of wide changes and Ten Hag said determination was nary clip to discarded connected a rebuild, wherever helium wants to beryllium involved.

“The archetypal meetings are good, and of people with INEOS respective meetings from January on,” helium said. “Jason archetypal came successful past week and present we person to instrumentality things rapidly due to the fact that the summertime is coming.

“It’s a precise important play coming erstwhile you person different (transfer) model and, of course, we privation to marque the adjacent measurement into our squad, and besides to marque plans and to make an situation that, let’s say, avoids this year’s problems successful injuries.”