MANCHESTER UNITED TALK : JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW ROUND UP
Back to Leicester City, the Red Devils have headed this January 2020 transfer window. The two English clubs have already shared a meeting that came in the form of a football match during the early point of the current season.
A match which ended with Manchester United grabbing a victory over Leicester City at Old Trafford in a low scoring match that ended in a 1-0 scoreline in favor of Manchester United. While both clubs are scheduled for yet another encounter at the King Power in April 2020, today's article will move away from talking about the upcoming match and focus more on a possible transfer business that appears ready to happen this January.
As previously stated, Manchester United is preparing to open transfer talks with the 2015/16 Premier League champions to hopefully complete a deal for yet another Leicester City stand out performer in a Leicester City jersey during the current 2019/20 season. Currently sitting in 2nd spot in the Premier League table, the news of Leicester City having more than one player currently performing at a high level will fit in perfectly with the reality of the Foxes poised to make an appearance in the exclusive UEFA Champions League competition for the second time in the clubs history.
The current run which has landed Leicester City 2nd in this seasons Premier League campaign has been terrific and while must of Leicester City current run will undoubtedly be credited to a team performance, as it should, the underlying factors maintaining Leicester City’s success in the current comes largely down to the top class performances put up by Leicester Players Jamie Vardy, Youri Tielemans, Demari Gray and current Manchester United’s high transfer window prospect James Maddison.
The unrealistic news of Manchester United heading into the king power stadium to hunt for a particular Leicester City player to sign in the transfer window will not be shocking news to anyone affiliated with the Red Devils. In fact, the news of Manchester United preparing to sign another Leicester City player will probably fall on the category of expected news especially considering the massive interest Manchester United has shown in signing this player over the past two years at the very least.
Who is the player in the center of the transfer talk? While several Manchester United fans will love to hear the report that the player in question is Youri Tielemans as the Belgian midfielder appear to have caught the attention of the Mancunian Reds with some eye-catching displays on the field ever since signing for The Foxes back in 2018, the player on the radar of Manchester United for the 2020 January has been confirmed to be English midfielder, James Maddison. The 23-year-old English midfielder has become a consistent target for Manchester United over the past two years as the Red Devils aim to strengthen their midfield after the departure of a handful of midfielders from the Manchester United squad who were never truly replaced over the past three seasons.
80 million appear to be the magic number for the Foxes as Manchester United appear to be set yet another £80 million in front of the Leicester City owners with the high hope that the Leicester City owners will be open to accept the £80 million deal and part ways with yet another of the Foxes star players in 2020.
While the possibility of James Maddison to engineer a move to Manchester United in the year 2020 remains highly possible, the status of any transfer deal for James Maddison between Manchester United and Leicester City appears set to be completed non earlier than the 2020 summer transfer window. According to recent news, Manchester United plans to make English midfielder James Maddison the main priority in the January 2020 and Summer 2020 transfer window with Maddison targeted as an Auxilary creative answer to Manchester United's center midfield alongside Paul Pogba.
According to intel gotten from highly regarded source, TheMetro, Manchester United appear very confident of signing the Leicester City attacker in 2020 and will splash 80 million worth during the January transfer window to make the transfer happen. Should Leicester City refuse to accept the 80 million offer this January, Manchester United are expected to return to Leicester City during the 2020 summer transfer window with the same level of offer or a slightly better offer for Leicester City with the Red Devils hoping to either finally seal the transfer deal for Maddison in the upcoming 2020 summer transfer window.
As we head into January transfer window and usher in a new decade in the year 2020, the stance on early anticipation of Manchester United's movement in regards to the January transfer window points towards Manchester United showing serious interest in the English midfielder but the Red Devils appear resigned to waiting patiently until the 2020 summer transfer window to finally secure the complete transfer for James Maddison from Leicester City.
During the middle of December 2019, Manchester United manager Ole Gunner Solsskjaer was asked if there was a chance Manchester United will be signing players in January 2020 to which the manager replied that “there is always a chance” but the manager also went on to clarify that Manchester United are expecting to sign players in 2020 but any signings might be done in the summer of 2020 and not during the 2020 January transfer window.
With the number one transfer target, Erling Haland finally ending Manchester United's interests as well the interest of a host of other clubs in European in signing the English striker when Harland openly completed a move to Borussia Dortmund in the final days of December 2019, Manchester United will ultimately focus all attempts to secure the move of James Maddison from Leicester to Manchester by the end of the 2020 Summer transfer window.
