Manchester United still wants to sign a no. 6 midfielder in the summer transfer window, but have moved from Carlos Baleba because of the celestial-high asking price of Brighton
Manchester United still weighs the possibility to sign a central midfielder in the rest of the summer transfer window after he continued with Carlos Baleba.
United spent £ 200 million on Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko this summer and are now trying to discharge unwanted players. They try to sell Jadon Sancho, Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hojlund to open the possibility of more additions.
Although strengthening their attack this summer was the priority for Ruben Amorim, there are other areas that he would also like to strengthen. One of them is on the basis of midfield, where Casemiro started in the opening Premier League match of the season against Arsenal on Sunday.
United had asked Brighton about the possibility of signing Baleba, but was deterred by their asking price of £ 120 million. The 21-year-old Cameroon International will be contraction with Brighton and Moises Caicedo's £ 115 million price tag in a sale to Chelsea two years ago, a precedent has established a precedent on the south coast.
However, Amorim has not completely given up to sign a no. 6, with the athletic naming Morten Hjulmand and Adam Wharton as alternatives that are considered. After having spent more than £ 200 million, United must think about whether making another important signature is viable with profit and sustainability rules to consider.
Hjulmand is extremely known at Amorim, who worked at the club with the sporty Lisbon captain during his time. The 26-year-old is reportedly available for around £ 50 million, two years after signing Lecce for only £ 15 million. He played 65 times under the management of Amorim at Sporting and won two Primeira Liga titles and the Taca de Portugal.
Wharton has attracted the attention to Crystal Palace, but the club will be reluctant to sell, since Marc Guehi and Ebereechi are already in conversation to become a member of Liverpool and Tottenham respectively. The 21-year-old has left on his contract with Palace for four years and has admirers at other Premier League clubs.
United has Casemiro, Manuel Ugarte and Kobbie Mainoo as options to keep midfield and, speaking for the Arsenal game, Amorim insisted that he did not need new players. “I am really happy with our players,” he said when he was asked if they would sign a midfielder.
“They work very well, we have different players for that position, so we are willing to win a game with our players. Maybe Mason Mount is a player I think it can play in that position if we want something else. But then we go behind it [during] The season. We have players to cope with games in the Premier League. “
In the meantime, Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler is very certain that Baleba will remain, he said: “He seems to be in a really good place, he enjoys it with his teammates, he enjoys being a Brighton player. I have not seen any big changes and he is an option to start tomorrow. Very confident. [he will stay]That's just my conviction. “