Manchester United heroes Paul Scholes and Wes Brown have questioned why the club appear to have cooled their interest in Adam Wharton this summer.<\/p>\n
Central midfield was identified as United\u2019s primary area of focus entering into this year\u2019s transfer window, with the club successfully overhauling their misfiring attack in a \u00a3200million spending spree 12 months ago.<\/p>\n
It has seen a host of high-profile names have been linked to the Theatre of Dreams in recent weeks, including the likes of\u00a0Elliot Anderson,\u00a0Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes and Wharton.<\/p>\n
But Anderson would go on to complete a club-record \u00a3116m move to bitter rivals\u00a0Manchester City, while Tonali and Fernandes snubbed the Red Devils to join Tottenham instead for a combined fee of around \u00a3185m.<\/p>\n
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Wharton, meanwhile, looks set to remain at Selhurst Park for the time being, with Crystal Palace reluctant to lose such a key player ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n
Fortunately for United, they successfully strengthened their options in the middle of the park last month by bringing in Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans from Chelsea and Aston Villa respectively.<\/p>\n
It remains to be seen if Old Trafford bosses will look to further bolster Michael Carrick\u2019s engine room before the transfer deadline comes around on September 1.<\/p>\n
\u2018I can\u2019t believe Manchester United are not trying to buy Adam Wharton,\u2019 Scholes said on a recent episode of The Good, The Bad & The Football sponsored by Midnite.<\/p>\n
\u2018I think I\u2019ve said on here before that Sandro Tonali would have been my first choice.<\/p>\n
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\u2018But obviously with him gone now, Adam Wharton looks perfect for me.\u2019<\/p>\n
Reports earlier this summer indicated Palace were demanding an eye-watering fee in the region of \u00a380-100million for Wharton, which may explain why United have seemingly dropped their interest.<\/p>\n
But if the Red Devils are somehow able to drive down Palace\u2019s asking price, ex-United defender Brown believes the 22-year-old England international would be a \u2018brilliant buy\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018I still think he\u2019s a player with great quality,\u2019 Brown told Oddschecker\u2019s Transfer Timer show.<\/p>\n