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title: "Manchester United: Fans rubbish Ole promise to ‘reinforce’ squad in January"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-fans-rubbish-ole-promise-to-reinforce-squad-in-january/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2019-12-09T21:05:29Z"
modified: "2019-12-09T21:05:29Z"
---

# Manchester United: Fans rubbish Ole promise to ‘reinforce’ squad in January

**After taking all the spoils in a Manchester derby to remember after coming away from the Etihad Stadium victorious with a [resolute 2-1 win](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E__EUarCVB4&feature=onebox) over their bitter rivals, Manchester United fans have since rubbished a promise from manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer about reinforcing the squad.**

Marcus Rashford gave United the lead early in the first half, slotting a cool penalty past Ederson, before Anthony Martial smashed home a brilliant effort to double their lead and leave Man City a mountain to climb.

The Red Devils also had other chances to make their victory a more convincing one before the home side grabbed a goal back to make it a nervy last few minutes – but United eventually held out to take all three points on an evening to remember.

Speaking after the encounter ([via Utd Report](https://twitter.com/utdreport/status/1203777619180822529)), Solskjaer possibly hinted that he could be reinforcing the squad as well as looking forward to players [coming back from injury](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-united/sperrenundverletzungen/verein/985), stating: “If we can keep these boys injury-free, we will take lots of points — and we are gonna reinforce the squad.”

In response, United fans rubbished the promise, replying on Twitter with due cynicism – here’s what they had to say.

> Do you not realise it’s all just words to keep the fans happy 😂
>
> — Transfer Source (@transfer5source) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/transfer5source/status/1203778489444372480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Woodward: [pic.twitter.com/JPTjQfZOii](https://t.co/JPTjQfZOii)
>
> — David (@\_Dave\_\_M) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/_Dave__M/status/1203779263461285889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> When we sign nobody……. [pic.twitter.com/OFLy9zqs2C](https://t.co/OFLy9zqs2C)
>
> — UNITED (@UtdChart) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/UtdChart/status/1203779413239840771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Pretty sure he just means players coming back from injury.
>
> — Zach (@ZachRRichardson) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/ZachRRichardson/status/1203780152515272706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Yup pogba will be his new signing.
>
> — Johnjj (@johnjj44) [December 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/johnjj44/status/1203782833887686658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Looking forward to come back to this when we sign 0 players in January. [https://t.co/SShYJYDGAf](https://t.co/SShYJYDGAf)
>
> — MANCHESTER IS RED (@StruggsyMalone) [December 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/StruggsyMalone/status/1203998365723299840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> When we sign mandzukic 😂😂
>
> — Priyesh Modi (@PriyeshModi4) [December 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/PriyeshModi4/status/1203943457045319681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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