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Saturday 4 May
10.10: Everton are trying to persuade defender Jarrad Branthwaite to stay at the club for one more season, but are said to be willing to let him go in the summer of 2025. The 21-year-old centre-back will top United’s wish list this summer of defensive reinforcements, writes the website Football Insider .
Friday 3 May
09.24: Mundo Deportivo (here reproduced by Sport Witness) writes that Barcelona is considering sending the attacking player Vitor Roque – who joined the club from Athletico Paranaense in January after signing last summer – out on loan if they cannot sign him next season due to FFP restrictions.
United, Napoli, Nice and Lyon are mentioned as interested clubs, and the newspaper reports that these clubs have been in contact with the Brazilian’s agent to inquire about the situation. Real Betis and Sevilla are also interested.
The player himself will initially want to stay at Barcelona, and he is under a long-term contract there.
Roque has scored 2 goals in 11 La Liga games for Barcelona so far, while he scored 21 goals in 45 games for Athletico Paranaense in the 2023 season. The 19-year-old has one international match for Brazil.
Thursday 2 May
16.47: James Olley in ESPN writes that United are considered the team that is in the driver’s seat in the battle for the Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise. The 22-year-old is said to have a buyout clause that will become active this summer, and it should be somewhere between £50m and £60m.
Clubs such as Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal are also mentioned as clubs that have been linked to Olise.
12.10: Marcus Rashford should have no desire to leave Manchester United. On the contrary. Rashford wants to stay at United and deal with the contract he signed last summer which extends to 2028, writes Neil Custis in The Sun.
It is expected that United will implement significant changes in the playing staff this summer, but because the Champions League is missing and United still owes significant sums after previous purchases, it is expected that the new sporting management at United will prioritize selling players before the club can bring in reinforcements.
08.40: Barcelona’s Uruguayan defender Ronald Araujo is considering extending his contract with the big Catalan club, but has something to think about because Manchester United should also be interested. The reports the Spanish newspaper Sport.
Wednesday 1 May
19.30: United expect that Jadon Sancho leaving the club during the summer transfer window. This is according to a report from The Telegraph. It is reported that United are hoping that the Englishman will use his loan spell in Dortmund to promote himself before the summer. Tonight comes a golden opportunity to show off, as Dortmund face PSG in the Champions League.
12.50: Marcus Rashford according to The Telegraph and The Athletic, will be among a long list of players that Manchester United will be willing to listen to offers for next summer. However, ESPN writes that the club do not believe anyone will be willing to meet the £70 million price tag.
Tuesday 30 April
20.30: Viktor Gyokeres has been linked to United in recent months. And now that the Swede has netted 40 times in all competitions this season, his name will probably not be erased from United’s block. That’s what the Manchester Evening News writes.
The newspaper also mentions that the striker has a buyout clause of 100 million euros.
14.45: Italian Calciomercato claim Manchester United are interested in signing the Lazio goalkeeper Christos Mandas this summer. The 22-year-old has primarily featured as second keeper this season, but he has had a few games recently in the injury absence of first choice Ivan Provedel.
08.10: Several media outlets report Juventus’ interest in Mason Greenwood, including Gazzetta dello Sport (published by Sport Witness). The Italian newspaper writes that the Serie A club feel they can get “a lot of quality for the money”, without any specific transfer fee being mentioned. However, it is worth mentioning the case from the Times that we discussed here yesterday, which wrote that United should hope for somewhere between £30-40 million for the attacking player.
Monday 29 April
20.10: Ben Jacobs then follows up with the fact that there is interest in United players in Saudi Arabia. Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr have shown interest Raphael Varane. Al-Nassr should also be interested Aaron-Wan Bissakawhile Al-Hilal will lead the battle for Casemiro. United have made it clear that they will listen to bids for all three.
20.05: United will also listen to bids for Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelof and Christian Eriksen who will all have one year left on their contracts this summer, writes the Times.
8 p.m.: The stakeholders around Mason Greenwood have not become fewer after what the Englishman has delivered in his return to top football on loan to Getafe. The Times writes on Tuesday that Juventus have signed up for the 22-year-old’s signature this summer.
At the same time, journalist Paul Hirst writes that it is still not entirely unthinkable that Greenwood returns to United, but only if the club does not receive a good enough offer. The hope is that a bid of between £30-40 million will come in.
19.20: There will be no decision about it Erik ten Hags future until after the FA Cup final against Manchester City on May 25, the Daily Mail writes.
Should INEOS decide that United will be better off moving on without the Dutchman at the helm at Old Trafford, the 54-year-old’s former employer Ajax is very interested in bringing back the former successful coach.
Sources close to Ten Hag and his coaching team, on the other hand, say that Ten Hag is reluctant to leave Old Trafford of his own accord and that if Ajax is to have any hope of re-employing the Dutchman, they are dependent on United firing him.
18.20: David Ornstein follows up the case from the Telegraph with a separate case for The Athletic that Marcus Rashford can be sold for the right price this summer and writes that United will consider selling the 26-year-old if there is a significant offer and Rashford at the same time says he wants to leave. The club still wants to keep the attacking player and wants to help him return to his best level.
16.45: It is expected that Raphael Varane, Anthony Martial and Brandon Williams will leave United for free this summer when their contracts expire, writes the Telegraph.
In the same case, it is said that United is working to get transfers away for Mason Greenwood, Antony and Jadon Sancho.
08.50: Marc Guehi is a name that has featured relatively often in the rumor column. Now Crystal Palace fear that the defender will disappear out of the doors at Selhurst Park this summer. The Englishman will have a price tag of around £55m. Both United and Arsenal are said to be interested in the 23-year-old. Guehi has made 22 Premier League appearances for Palace this season.
08.30: Borussia Dortmund are still confident in their case. They want to pick up Jadon Sancho permanently to the club. It writes https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1784513636502741040?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet The Englishman has contributed five goals since his transfer to the German giants in January. Furthermore, Romano writes that it will not be easy to negotiate with United, but that Dortmund will give it a chance.
