Grading Manchester United's weekly transfer rumours: Arsenal and La Liga star linked

By Jake Jackman

Manchester United have had a mixed start to the season and will be hoping that things improve before January. However, they will be beginning to identify possible transfer targets just in case their struggles don’t improve. It is important that they improve their recruitment policy as it hasn’t been great since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson. They have favoured big reputations rather than players that suit the club and that has damaged the quality on the pitch. It is too soon to criticise their transfer business in Jose Mourinho’s first summer in charge, but it hasn’t resulted in instant success. Here is a look at five transfer rumours regarding Manchester United over the last week.