Fabrizio Romano has revealed how Manchester United tried to convince Antoine Semenyo to move to Old Trafford in the January transfer window.

Semenyo has decided to join Manchester City from Bournemouth in the January transfer window for £65million, but Man Utd made a play for him.

Romano said on his YouTube channel: “Man Utd in the conversations they had with Antoine Semenyo made clear that they were even prepared to change the system to welcome Semenyo.

“So Semenyo was not going to play wing-back. The idea of Man Utd was to open doors to a different system with Semenyo up front.

“But despite an important financial effort because United, especially yesterday, made an important financial effort to try to get the player… despite their tactical effort to welcome Semenyo and find the best tactical way, they didn’t get the green light from Semenyo.”