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If Ajax coach Erik ten Hag is appointed Manchester United manager as predicted, he will pursue the signing of Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves, who is 25 years old.
Ten Hag is now the manager of Ajax, but the Dutchman is expected to take over as manager of Manchester United in the summer of 2022, and he wants to recruit Wolves midfielder Neves.
Ten Hag has long been an admirer of Neves and will campaign for the midfielder to join Manchester United if he is appointed as the club’s new manager. Since Neves was a teenager playing at FC Porto, the Dutchman has been following his progress. (Sun)
Ten Hag also wants to recruit Jurrien Timber, a 20-year-old Ajax and Netherlands defender, to Old Trafford.
The Austrian FA has denied meeting with Ralf Rangnick, the current manager of Manchester United, to discuss the managerial vacancy with their men’s national side. According to reports in Austria, the federation’s sports director, Peter Schottel, travelled to Manchester on Monday to speak with Rangnick about the role. (Express)
Paul Pogba, 29, of Manchester United, prefers a return to Juventus over a move to Paris Saint-Germain when his contract expires this summer, but the Italian club is wary of the deal due to the France midfielder’s pay demands and age. (Tuttosport – in Italian)
Liverpool sees Villarreal’s Arnaut Danjuma, a 25-year-old Dutch winger, as a possible replacement for Sadio Mane, a 29-year-old Senegalese striker, although the Reds are unlikely to launch a move before 2023.
Danjuma signed a contract with La Liga club Villarreal on August 19, 2021, for a cost believed to be in the region of €25 million. (Goal)
Brighton have no intention of selling goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, despite Newcastle’s interest in the 24-year-old Spaniard. (Football Insider)
Timo Werner, a forward for Chelsea and Germany, has been in Italy talking with AC Milan, Juventus, and Atalanta.
According to rumors in Germany, Timo Werner turned down a contract offer from Liverpol in 2019 before joining Chelsea a year later. The striker was extensively linked with a move to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool, but he ended up at Chelsea. (Corriere dello Sport – in Italian)
Arsenal, Everton, and Newcastle have all expressed interest in signing Memphis Depay, a 28-year-old Dutch forward who now plays for Barcelona.
In the summer of 2021, Depay joined FC Barcelona. Depay agreed to a 30% salary cut to assist the Catalan club register him for the season, despite being offered a contract worth €7 million plus add-ons per year. He is thought to be getting a salary of €5 million per year presently. (Superdeporte – in Spanish)
Cody Gakpo, 22, of PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, has confessed his love for Arsenal, despite being connected with a number of Premier League clubs, including Manchester United and Liverpool. (Goal)
Inter Milan’s top brass are now more receptive to the possibility of 28-year-old Chelsea and Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku returning to the club. (Mirror)
Former Brighton technical director Dan Ashworth is being held back from starting his new job as Newcastle’s sporting director, with the Seagulls demanding £5 million in exchange for his release from gardening leave. (Mail)
Jeremiah St Juste, a 25-year-old Dutch defender from FC Mainz, is a target for Leicester City. (Bild – via Leicester Mercury)
Ryan Gravenberch, a 19-year-old midfielder from Ajax and the Netherlands, has signed a personal contract with Bayern Munich. (Bild – via Bundesliga News)
Barcelona believes they have a good possibility of bringing in Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, 33, from Poland this summer. (Sport – in Spanish)
Despite interest from Real Madrid, France star Kylian Mbappe, 23, is expected to sign a new contract with Paris St-Germain.
PSG had reportedly offered Mbappe a two-year contract extension worth €50 million ($55.3 million) per season, as well as a €200 million ($221 million) loyalty incentive, according to a story in Le Parisien. (Sky Sports)
Leeds defender Luke Ayling, 30, has stated that he intends to stay with the club for the rest of his career. (Star)
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