Manchester United are expected to launch their bid to sign Erling Haaland when the transfer window reopens in January.

They have been tracking the 19-year-old for some time and their scouts have returned to the club’s hierarchy with favourable reports about the Norway striker, who has scored 22 goals in 16 appearances for RB Salzburg this season.

While United tend not to bid for players in January, it seems that they are willing to make an exception for Haaland, who is the son of the former Leeds United and Manchester City player Alf-Inge Haaland. He is best remembered for his feud with Roy Keane, who admitted in his biography that he had deliberately tried to injure Haaland Sr in a tackle when playing for United