Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is keen to use a Spanish consultancy service to help with transfer plans.

Solskjaer has recommended to United they join the client list of Madrid-based company Driblab which has a detailed database on more than 100,000 players and potential signings, says the Daily Mail.

A dozen clubs in La Liga are already subscribers as are Nottingham Forest who used the available information before making a number of signings in the summer to aid their promotion push to the Premier League.

Driblab evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of players from the age of 16 in more than a hundred different competitions - down to the detail of how injuries affect their ability or run and kick the ball.

They also use an advanced algorithm to draw up an expected goals formula to see if attackers and goalkeepers are performing above or below standard.