Carrick opens door for January transfer activity at Man Utd

Man Utd plan to improve their defensive options, particularly at left-back and centre-back, over the next two transfer windows after focusing on attack and midfield over the last two seasons; watch Leeds vs Man Utd on Sunday, live on Sky Sports from 1pm; kick-off 2pm

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Manchester United will look at trying to strengthen in the January transfer window, according to head coach Michael Carrick, as the club draw up plans to improve the defence over the next year.

Lisandro Martinez this week publicly called out the club's hierarchy for a lack of investment in the summer window, in which United (£163m) were outspent by promoted sides Hull (£173m) and Ipswich (£211m) despite qualifying for the Champions League.

United focused on the midfield rebuild, bringing in Youri Tielemans (£35m), Andrey Santos (£50m) and Carlos Baleba (£70m) for a combined £155m, rather than addressing the lack of depth at left-back and up front.

Source: Sky Sports