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Ralf Rangnick has blamed Manchester United's refusal to give him a new striker in the January transfer window for their season falling apart.
United allowed Anthony Martial to join Sevilla on loan despite concerns over Edinson Cavani's fitness, and then suspended Mason Greenwood two days before the window closed when he was arrested over rape allegations.
Rangnick claims that deprived him of 'two-and-a-half strikers' but his plea for an emergency signing was rejected on the advice of the club's recruitment department.
Rangnick blamed United's refusal to sign a new striker in the January window for their season
Having won six and lost one of his first 10 games as interim manager leading up to the winter break, Rangnick's next 17 matches since then have produced just five victories. United crashed out of the FA Cup to Middlesbrough, lost to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League first knockout stage and then saw their bid for a top-four finish crumble.
Rangnick believes the club should have tried harder to sign a new striker in the final 48 hours of the transfer window but revealed on Friday that he was overruled.
'The answer at the time was no, there is no player on the market that can help us,' said Rangnick. 'There were a few. Luis Diaz, who is now at Liverpool, Julian Alvarez, who will be at Manchester City in the summer, and Dusan Vlahovic, who at the time was still with Fiorentina. Those are three that come across my mind now.
United allowed Anthony Martial to join Sevilla on loan despite concerns over
