River Plate's star -midfielder Franco Mastantuono has attracted attention from all over Europe and Manchester United has been told that they will miss his transfer to Real Madrid
Manchester United seems to miss the Argentina Wonderkid Franco Mastantuono because he benefits from a switch to Real Madrid. United is preparing for a busy window in the summer transfer, if they want to revise Ruben Amorim's team after a miserable season, but knows it will not be easy.
United is in 14th place in the Premier League and their chances of qualifying for next season's Champions League, depends exclusively on winning the Europa League. They have the first stage of their semi -final against Athletic Bilbao on Thursday evening and know that the draw will be crucial for their chances of attracting top players this summer.
Amorim is ready to separate his current harvest of players to finance new arrivals and has made Wolves of Matheus Cunha his best target. But there are many other positions that need to be strengthened, including midfield.
Mastantuono scored seven goals and gave five assists in 55 performances for River Plate and has attracted a lot of attention. The 17-year-old is the youngest goal scorer of the club, who has sealed just 16 years, five months and 25 days in February 2024 and has already played for the Argentina's under 21 years old.
He is ready to follow in the footsteps of River -graduates Chelsea star Enzo Fernandez and Julian Alvarez from Atletico Madrid by moving to Europe this summer. But it seems unlikely that United will get their husbands, with TYC Sports report that Mastantuono has told the club that he wants to wait for Real Madrid.
United, Chelsea, Barcelona, ​​Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Marseille and Inter Milan are all interested in acquiring his services. Even if they come for real, clubs would have to pay its release clause of £ 38 million.
It seems that Mastantuono wants to follow the path that wants to be hit by Brazilian stars Endrick, Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior, all of whom came to real after they have impressed their home country. The left -wing attacking midfielder seems to have the world at his feet and the recent struggles of United are an obvious issue.
They still remain active and are said to close a deal to sign Enzo Kana-Biyik on a free transfer from Le Havre. The 18-year-old attacker traveled to Manchester to sign a deal so that he will go on loan next season to FC Lausanne-Sport, a club of Ineos, owned by Ineos.
Amorim knows that the summer will be 'crucial' for its plans in the future at United. “I think it's crucial,” he said last month. “I think we are trying to do everything as quickly as possible. If you look at the schedule of teams, we don't have the Club World Cup, so that means we're going to have a preset season
“If you look at the coming years, we will have a World Cup then a European Championship. So this window will be huge to work on our base. I think it is clear to everyone here that will be crucial and we have to use it.”