MANCHESTER UNITED WEEKLY TRANSFER TALK : KOULIBALY, ALDWEILD, FOSU-MENSAH ALL MAKING HEADLINES PLUS ATLEAST 70 MILLION STILL LEFT TO BE SPENT
Working behind the
scenes as always to improve the club. That is the tireless job of two of
Manchester United's most important men, club manager Jose Mourinho and club
owner Ed woodward this summer. Manchester United registered a substantial
increase in the clubs profit rate heading into this summer which allowed club
chairman Ed Woodward the opportunity to provide Jose Mourinho with a summer
budget that was initially worth 100 million at the beginning of the summer but
after the signing of recent players in the form of Brazilian midfield Fred from
Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk and Portuguese right back Diogo Dalot from
Portugal based club FC Porto, who will be the last player to make his way into
Old Trafford as Manchester United's final signing of the summer? A lot of
rumours continue to surround Manchester United's summer activities as big money
players continue to be linked with a move into Old trafford this summer. So
here at MANCHESTERUNITEDPOST.BLOGSPOT, the website will continue to bring all
the latest news surrounding Manchester United's summer activities and in the
process talk about which players will be vital in helping Manchester United's
success in the future.
Part of this
week's news keeps us on Old Trafford
rather than away from Old Trafford as been the usual route for Manchester
United transfer rumours in the past. Yes, a new signed deal done inside Old
Trafford between an already existing Manchester United player and Manchester
United football club itself. For this
weeks article, the starting point is definitely about another Manchester
United player who has just recently put pen to paper on new contract that keeps
him as a Manchester United for the next foreseeable future. This is referring to
Manchester United's young Argentine Center Back Marcos Rojo. Yes, Rojo just recently
signed a new Three Year contract extension that means Rojo’s Manchester United
career is set to last for another three seasons in Old Trafford. That would
explain why Jose Mourinho is not so eager to window shop for center backs this
summer transfer window. With the multitude of center backs already present in
the club, it’s easy to see why Manchester United management as well as
Manchester United are not to interested in bringing in any center backs this
summer. But that has not stopped the english tabloids from releasing multiple
news linking Manchester United with multiple center backs this summer.
Alderweireld, Kolebali and Jose Luis Gaya all linked with possible move to Old
Trafford this summer, signs are pointing to Mourinho seriously improving his
Midfield and defence this summer in preparation for next season. With the
memory of the negative impact a shaky midfield and an unstable defence had on
the team last season, mourinho strong hunger and strong desire for reinforcements in both
positions is definitely within reason. So here we go again. Another news straight out of england reports that
Manchester United are working on securing one out of three listed defenders to
make his way into Manchester United this summer. Mourinho currently has at least
£90 million left of his summer transfer budget and the signs suggests that the
Manchester United might be strongly looking to invest his last remaining funds
in bringing in one defender this. Mourinho has long been suspect of having the
desire of strengthening his midfield, full back and center back this summer.
Now that the portuguese manager has done his business of acquiring one midfield
player and one full back so far in the transfer window, Mourinho looks to have
his attention one buying a center back that would fit the Manchester United
team like a glove and assist Eric Bailey, Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof
in leading by example next season.
One player who has improved from his multiple experiences of
being loaned out by Manchester United and has thus become such a better player
in his young career because of many experiences
of being loaned by Manchester United is Timothy Fosu- Mensah. Fosu-
Mensah has always had an unfortunate
time of being loaned to lower club in hopes of gaining the experience
that has moulded the young midfielder into a quality midfielder while still
remaining a Manchester United player. However, Fosu-Mensah is now convinced that he is now ready to take his place as a regular Manchester United squad.
While on an interview, Fosu mensah revealed that he had been struggling with a
little bit of frustration towards his Manchester United career or atleast with the lack of games he
has seen while as a Manchester United player.
“I do not want to hear that I am young and that my time is
still coming, I want to reach the top as quickly as possible, that’s me,"
Fosu-Mensah said:
"The top is World Cup, European Championship, Champions
League final, which is the top for me, winning prizes.
“I was close to the Dutch national team when I was at United,
but I did not play anymore. From August 2017 to May 2018 I was leased to
Crystal Palace, I think that was a good choice. I can also play for Orange [the
Dutch national team.” (ManchesterEveningNews)
Honestly, anyone who has followed Timothy Fosu-Mensah's Manchester United career can understand where the young man is coming from.
Fosu-Mensah has always been on a subject of loan spell and barely had any meaningful opportunity to play for
Manchester United. With the addition of Fred to Manchester United this summer,
is hard to see how Fosu Mensah can fit into a Manchester United midfield which
already fits five players and looking to add more. But there is one possible position Fosu-Mensah can slot into comfortably next season and that is the
right back position. Antonio Valencia has been a solid soldier for Manchester
United for the past seven years or more but as amazing as Valencia has been for
Manchester United, Valencia is only getting older and although Valencia can
still maintain good play time in the squad, mourinho has to start creating more
play time for Fosu Mensah in the starting IV starting next season if the Dutch
man stands a chance of having a future at Manchester United.
Finally, this weeks news links Manchester United to
the country of Senegal as Mourinho is possibly showing signs of interest in
signing on the countries center back player who goes by the name of Kalidou
Koulibaly. Yes the Senegalese star Center Back is a wanted man by both Manchester
United and Manchester United's main rivals in the English Premier League
Chelsea. While Mourinho still has Tottenham Center Back Alderweireld in his radar
this summer, signs suggests that the Manchester United is starting to grow
tired of Tottenham Hotspurs tactics of stalling negotiations and hence Mourinho
is considering Koulibaly as a better option to have in his Center Back pairing
next season. SSC Napoli has attempted to counter the possibility of losing
Koulibaly this summer by placing a high price tag worth 70 million on the man
from Senegal.
Napoli will definitely be open to making a deal with
Manchester United but the reality is that with Chelsea’s recent appointment of
Napoli’s ex manager, Chelsea stands as favourites to sign Koulibaly for the time
being. Mourinho could still high jack the transfer and ensure Koulibaly makes
his way to Old Trafford rather than Stanford Bridge by making a bid of 80
million but that will only happen if Mourinho is certain of sealing the deal
for Koulibaly without any shadow of a doubt.
