Manchester United are in talks with Red Bull Salzburg over a January transfer for Erling Haaland, but contrary to reports the club did not make a move for the Norwegian’s team-mate Takumi Minamino.
Instead, United’s efforts are being put into securing Haaland, and to that end Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ed Woodward travelled to Austria to meet the player’s representatives on Friday.
It is believed United have been given encouragement from the 19-year-old striker, who struck up a good relationship with Solskjaer while they were together at Molde, and Red Bull are open to a sale when trading begins.
As previously reported by The Athletic, the presence of Mino Raiola as Haaland’s agent does add another factor, though. It is believed Raiola would prefer Haaland to move to another club first, before joining United — and discussions have also been held with RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund.
[David Ornstein]
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Mason Holgate is attracting interest from a host of suitors before the January transfer window. Rated at £14 million, the Everton defender is being watched by Sheffield United, Newcastle and Bournemouth. [David Ornstein]
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But Everton would be highly reluctant to sell, given the only other senior centre-backs on their books are Yerry Mina and Michael Keane. In fact, Everton would look to buy a centre-back themselves.
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Chelsea’s Ake clause close to expiring
No conversations took place between the clubs over the weekend, though that could change at any moment and even if another side comes in with a higher offer for the Holland international, Chelsea will have first refusal to recruit him at the price reserved for them alone.
While Ake has also been watched closely by Manchester City and some of the leading Spanish teams, they have not established formal contact with Bournemouth. If any of them were to make a move, it could only materialise if Chelsea stood aside or Ake rejected the Blues.
When Chelsea received a transfer ban — covering the summer 2019 and winter 2020 windows — Bournemouth were delighted because the Ake clause is scheduled to expire before the summer 2020 window opens.
[David Ornstein]
馬馬度沙高2019-12-16 19:07:12
Arsenal managing director Vinai Venkatesham was pictured leaving the Manchester mansion of Mikel Arteta in the early hours of Monday morning...
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Mikel Arteta is now the leading candidate to become Arsenal's new manager, Sky Sports News understands.