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Nicolas Otamendi to Manchester United: Marcos Rojo favourites tweet asking him to 'tap up' Argentina team-mate

Rojo and Otamendi are currently on international duty with Argentina

Jack de Menezes

Thursday 04 June 2015 12:17 BST

Nicolas Otamendi has been linked with a move to Manchester United (Getty Images)

Manchester United transfer target Nicolas Otamendi has been urged to join the Premier League club by their own fans, with one demanding current defender Marcos Rojo to utilise their time together with the Argentina national team and 'tap him up'.

International squads often provide players the chance to discuss possible moves to another club, but Rojo slipped up when he favourited a United fan’s tweet to convince the defender that his future lies at Old Trafford.

A Twitter account by the name of @Anderology tweeted: “@marcosrojo5 make sure you talk to @Notamendi30 and tell him to finish up his deal with @ManUtd quickly!”

Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo (Getty Images)

Rojo (R) alongside Otamendi (C) during Argentina training (Getty Images)

United have already secured the signing of Memphis Depay from PSV Eindhoven in a bid worth around £23m, but the spending looks set to continue as manager Louis van Gaal attempts to strengthen his squad for a Premier League title assault and the club’s return to the Champions League.

Seven players Manchester United regret letting leave

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1/7Seven players Manchester United regret letting leave

Seven players Manchester United regret letting leave

Diego Forlan

Forlan was absolutely useless at Manchester United (aside from a double against Liverpool that United fans still sing about). The Uruguayan took eight months and 29 games to get his first goal and managed just 10 league strikes in the 18 months he was at the club before being sold to Villarreal. However, he would go on to be prolific in Spain, first with Villarreal and then Atletico Madrid. At the 2010 World Cup he even won the player of the tournament award.

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Seven players Manchester United regret letting leave

Jaap Stam

The Dutch defender spent three seasons at Old Trafford and won three league titles and the Champions League. Despite that he was allowed to leave after making some controversial comments in his autobiography. Sir Alex Ferguson thought it made sense to sell him to Lazio because Stam had appeared to 'lose a little bit' anyway. However, he was superb in Italy and Fergie later conceded 'in playing terms it was a mistake'.

Seven players Manchester United regret letting leave

Paul Pogba

Pogba was just beginning to emerge at Manchester United when he left the club for Juventus. He was accused of disrespecting the club and United arguably didn't do all they could to keep him. It didn't take long for the Frenchman to establish himself in Italy and he's now valued at around £60m.

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Seven players Manchester United regret letting leave

Gerard Pique

Having snatched Pique from Barcelona's youth academy, in 2008 he returned to the Nou Camp. The Catalan side matched a £5m buy-out clause for the defender and United respected the Spaniard's wish to return to his homeland. The then 21-year-old would develop into one of the best defenders in Europe and win numerous titles with Barcelona, plus the Euros and World Cup with Spain.

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Seven players Manchester United regret letting leave

Patrice Evra

More recently, Evra was allowed to leave the club. The Frenchman spent eight years at the club but was deemed to be a fading force and sold to Juventus for £1.2m. In retrospect, Manchester United must have wished they could have called on his experience during tough spells of the most recent campaign, whilst suggestions that he's past his best have been ridiculed by his role in taking Juventus to the Champions League final.

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Seven players Manchester United regret letting leave

Carlos Tevez

'Welcome to Manchester' was how Manchester City celebrated signing Tevez, who just the season before had been at United. The Argentina international left Old Trafford after difficult talks that resulted in the player informing the club he wouldn't be staying. Having let a player who helped them win two league titles and the Champions League slip through their grasp, he would go on to win the Premier League and FA Cup with their nearest rivals.

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Seven players Manchester United regret letting leave

Paul McGrath

Wanting to rid Manchester United of its booze culture, Ferguson let McGrath, who appeared to be drunk during a TV interview, leave for Aston Villa for a mere £450,000. A couple of years later he won the PFA Player of the Year award and helped Aston Villa beat Manchester United in the final of the League Cup.

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Otamendi has been heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford and is believed to have informed Valencia that he would like to leave the club, though United will need to cough up more than £30m in order to speak with the 27-year-old.

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