Manchester United transfer roundup: Mourinho’s original 5-men list worth €500 million revealed as Paul Pogba edges closer to exit and more – August 6, 2018

Hello and welcome to the Manchester United transfer roundup for the day! As the headline suggests, we have some cracking rumours floating around in the rumour mill regarding the Red Devils.

It is only natural as the Premier League transfer window is set to shut down on the 9th of August, which is just three days from now. So without further ado, here’s what the mill has to say regarding the Red Devils.

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#5 Boateng and Willian

Reality and ideality don’t always go hand-in-hand. In an ideal world for Jose Mourinho, he would have been able to sign both these players – but in reality, he is finding it hard to sign even one.

According to BBC journalist Simon Stone, the Red Devils want to sign a central defender – but we all know that, don’t we? – and Jerome Boateng is one of the players on the list.

However, Mourinho doesn’t want to pay over the odds for the former Manchester City defender as he feels that his price is very high, owing to the repercussions of Neymar’s deal to Paris Saint-Germain.

“@ManUtd are trying to sign a centre-half,” he wrote.

“Boateng is on list. But determined not to be held to ransom. Feeling is fees still artificially high due to Neymar deal.

“As previously advised, club voted against early deadline. Would be interesting to see what the vote would be now.”

Meanwhile, Chelsea star Willian has revealed that he is a Chelsea player and has his mind at the Blues only. The Brazilian has been linked with Barcelona and Manchester United and while he admits to the former approaching the Londoners for him, he wants to stay at Stamford Bridge unless the club itself want to sell him.

"I'm a Chelsea player," Willian said. “I always made it clear that what I wanted was to stay in the club.

"The only club I knew that really made an official offer for me was Barcelona. But I have my head here and I intend to continue in the club unless the club wants to sell me. But my head is here in the club."

#4 Alderweireld and Milinko

Close to Old Trafford

According to Het Laatste Neuws, Manchester United have been interested in Toby Alderweireld since last winter. The Belgian has been linked with a move to the Red Devils for a while now and has absolutely no desire to stay with the Lilywhites, giving a boost to the Old Trafford outfit.

Tottenham, meanwhile, are demanding €65 million for the defender.

On the other side, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic rumours are back again as the agent of the Lazio superstar has offered his client to Premier League giants Manchester United and Chelsea in a deal that could see him leave the Italian outfit for €100 million.

Lazio president initially wanted €150 million but Higuain and Ronaldo deals have cast doubt in his minds as to whether he could get that much, according to Il Corriere dello Sport via TeamTalk.

#3 Rugani and Mina

Off to Everton?

United being linked with defenders is never going to end it seems as another new face has been credited with a move to the Theatre of Dreams. According to Don Balon, Daniele Rugani of Juventus has attracted the interest of the Red Devils while also being on the radar of PSG and Real Madrid.

Yerry Mina, the other defender linked to the Old Trafford, might not end up joining the Theatre of Dreams after all. According to Don Balon, the Colombian is set to follow Lucas Digne out of Barcelona and to Everton.

The Toffees are set to offer €30 million to Barcelona to acquire the services of the 6’5” defender.

#2 Paul Pogba

The World Cup winner

The daily rumours of Pogba departing Manchester United seem to have intensified as the Frenchman is apparently ‘crazy’ to leave the Old Trafford and join Barcelona, according to Don Balon.

The report also adds that the deal has the blessings of Lionel Messi as the Argentine like the abilities of the Frenchman.

There is another report from the same outlet that claims that Barcelona are willing to sell Ousmane Dembele if it means that they could sign the former Juventus star. They also add that Jose Mourinho would be willing to have the former Dortmund star at the club.

#1 Mourinho’s 5-man list

Mourinho's list

A few days ago, Mourinho mentioned that he had given his transfer list to the board months ago and expressed his frustration at not being able to sign some of his targets.

As a result, the folks at Don Balon did some digging to find out that the list – that has five players – consists of two Real Madrid stars in the form of Raphael Varane and James Rodriguez, who is on loan at Bayern.

The other three players are Justin Kluivert, Edinson Cavani and – ahem – Harry Maguire, which has an estimated value of €500 million. There is no mention of Toby Alderweireld, which makes us doubt about the authenticity of the report.