Ralf Rangnick’s £40m Man Utd target is now terminating his contract after nightmare move

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Ralf Rangnick recommended some brilliant signings to Manchester United, but one of his targets has seen his career enter freefall.

Famously, Ralf Rangnick suggested Manchester United needed ‘open heart surgery’ and was set to take up an advisory role at Old Trafford.

Rangnick recommended Luis Diaz, Julian Alvarez and Dusan Vlahovic to United, but his advice was not taken on board. Instead, United spent big on Rasmus Hojlund and Antony.

However, not all of Rangnick’s transfer recommendations turned out to be superstars.

Ralf Rangnick wanted Tariq Lamptey at Man United

Back in 2022, United were linked with Brighton’s Tariq Lamptey as a potential replacement for Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

Lamptey was expected to cost £40m after enjoying a brilliant breakthrough in the Premier League with Brighton.

Rangnick once said he had to change tactics to adapt to Lamptey because the young right-back was so “dangerous”.

Lamptey quickly became a Premier League star, but his career ever since those links to United has been in a constant downward spiral.

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Tariq Lamptey set to rip up contract years after Man Utd links

Lamptey, now 25 years old, finds himself struggling to get his career back on track.

He moved to Fiorentina in 2025 in a £5 million deal after completely falling out of Brighton’s plans.

Lamptey’s injury record has been woeful, and unfortunately, that has continued at Fiorentina where he has already missed 44 games with a cruciate ligament injury.

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Now, according to The Sun, Lamptey is in talks with Fiorentina to terminate his contract early.

David de Gea’s Fiorentina have narrowly avoided relegation this season, and now Lamptey is set to become a free agent just four years after he nearly made a big-money move to Old Trafford.