Louis van Gaal could easily have spent £30m on a central defender last summer but he didn't. Nicolas Otamendi was there for the taking and Manchester United chose to pass - this writer remains convinced that the Old Trafford club were never more than passively interested in the Argentine and that the frenzied speculation at the time had little to no substance. Instead, Otamendi was happily snapped up by Manchester City, while van Gaal opted to convert Daley Blind from a useful utility player...
Source: 90min.com