Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is confident Manchester United can ‘exploit’ the mayhem caused by coronavirus to secure their summer transfer targets.
The United manager believes some clubs need to offload players after taking a financial hit during the crisis and it could work in their favour.
The Old Trafford club have been linked with the likes of Jadon Sancho, Jack Grealish and Jude Bellingham ahead of what is almost certainly going to be a delayed transfer window.
And speaking to Sky Sports, Solskjaer said: ‘Football is going to get back to normality at one point, and it’s very important we’re ready when that happens.
We want to be the best at everything, and of course now is a chance to spend more time, you discuss players, discuss plans, we’ve evaluated what we need, of course with the coaching staff we’ve looked at games, evaluated games, discussing on video calls like this.
‘Then, the market, who knows how the market is going to react to this? Who knows which clubs need to sell players?
‘There might be just a situation there where you can exploit, and I know that we at Man United, we are one of the biggest, and financially well off, we are definitely ready to seize our chances ”
I’m sure we are capable, when we get back to normality, that we can do the business that we want to.’
Solskjaer confirmed that United are still working hard behind the scenes to secure their summer targets despite the action grinding to a halt during the Covid-19 lockdown.
He said on a Sky podcast with ex-United defender Gary Neville and Geoff Shreeves: ‘We spend a lot of time discussing these things anyway. Of course there will be text messages and WhatsApp messages more often.
‘But the biggest difference for most of us is that when you’re a footballer you don’t really get to spend much time with your family.
‘That’s been a big plus, if you’re allowed to say that anything has been a big plus in this situation.
‘But, yes, we do planning, we are discussing what we have to do, what we can do, and I have to say the club has been very good so far.’
Solskjaer’s United were on an 11-match unbeaten run in all competitions when coronavirus caused the suspension of competitions across the world.