Ed Woodward is leading Manchester United’s transfer strategy (Getty Images)Manchester United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has suffered his first failure of the summer transfer window by making a last-ditch move for Julian Brandt, according to reports. United are also planning to submit an opening offer to Newcastle United for their 21-year-old central midfielder Sean Longstaff. But according to Manchester Evening News, United also made an approach to Bayer Leverkusen to find out the availability of Brandt. Manchester United failed with a late move for Julian Brandt (TF-Images/Getty Images)AdvertisementAdvertisementAnd on Wednesday, Dortmund confirmed the signing of Brandt in a €25m (£22.1m) deal. United have also lost out in their attempt to sign Jadon Sancho from Dortmund.

Source: Metro May 23, 2019 15:11 UTC