Manchester United transfer news: Good news over Gareth Bale chase, bad news over Ronaldo and more – June 10, 2018

Hello and welcome to the Manchester United transfer roundup for the day. Only 10 days have passed in the transfer market and the Red Devils are already in full flow in their attempts to bring the best players to their club.

So far, they have signed Fred and Diogo Dalot, solving their midfield and full-back cracks partially. They still need a center-back and a left-back to completely refurbish their defense.

And if doing these roundups have taught me anything, it is that the Old Trafford outfit always have a room for a forward, which explains the constant links between them and some world class forwards.

Summarising the content up ahead, the Red Devils once again have a busy day in the rumour market but today is more about departing from the Theatre of Dreams rather than joining the chore.

It is not that there haven’t been any updates of potential new arrivals as the stories with Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale just keep spicing up. Oh, and there is a little bit about a Spanish full-back too.

So, without further ado, let’s begin!

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#5 Potential departures

With yin comes the yang. In short, with departures come the arrival – but we will focus on the former in this slider.

Manchester United have been linked with a great many players. They, however, also have players that could leave. One of them is Victor Lindelof as the Swede hasn’t been able to establish himself under Jose Mourinho.

After the success with Eric Bailly, hopes were high with Lindelof but he couldn’t deliver like the former Villarreal star. And now, according to Mirror, Everton want him this summer.

The Toffees are set to appoint Marco Silva as their new manager and he has made the former Benfica man his priority.

Meanwhile, Lindelof isn’t the only United player that is being eyed by the Goodison Park outfit as Marcus Rashford is also on their radar. The Daily Mail believe that Everton want the youngster on loan for next season, but aren’t the only club as Leicester City and Newcastle United have also been credited with an interest for the 20-year-old.

#4 Alderweireld update

Outbound?

It seems as though matters have hit a gridlock regarding a potential deal over the sale of Tottenham’s Toby Alderweireld to Manchester United. The Belgian’s contract allows other clubs to sign him for £25 million next summer for the last 15 days of the window.

And since he isn’t agreeing upon a new deal with the Lilywhites, there is a good chance that he will be sold this summer. However, Tottenham want £75 million for the star defender as they think he deserves that amount after Liverpool paid the same for Virgil Van Dijk.

Manchester United, meanwhile, are not one to budge. They rate him at £55 million and will not be paying as much as Spurs are demanding – at least that is what this report from Independent.ie claims – and have made it clear that they will walk away from the deal should Spurs stay adamant.

#3 Milinkovic-Savic snared by Madrid

Lazio star is a man in demand

After signing Fred from Shakhtar, Manchester United’s trail of Sergej Milinkovic-Savic has gone cold. While there are reports of the Red Devils still signing the Lazio star, it seems as though they now have another problem apart from Lazio’s gigantic asking price on their player.

Another club want him and are willing to pay what Lazio demands – and it is none other than Real Madrid.

The Galacticos are apparently willing to acquire the signature of the Serie A star. Despite the absence of a manager, Florentino Perez has gone up himself to agree on a deal worth £150 million (£132 million + variables) for the superstar Serbian midfielder, according to Il Messaggero.

They also add that he will be offered £5.3 million in wages annually, which will eventually increase over the course of five years.

#2 The good and the bad

Running back to the PL?

The pursuit of Gareth Bale is like the pursuit of happiness for Manchester United – and they have some update in this pursuit. Apparently, Mirror informs us that Gareth Bale has rejected a potential move to Bayern Munich as he only intends to leave Real Madrid for the Premier League.

Everything now depends on Madrid’s new manager and his willingness – or lack thereof – on keeping the Welshman. So, this is a good news for the Red Devils.

And now onto the bad.

Real Madrid are apparently closing in on Alvaro Odriozola as a backup for Dani Carvajal next season. Don Balon reports that should Madrid indeed sign him, they will have trumped Manchester United for him as they are also eying the youngster.

#1 The ugly (okay maybe not)

2018 FIFA World Cup: Portugal training session

Cristiano Ronaldo is the talk of the town now. Following indirect admission about leaving Real Madrid in the summer, the folks in the mill have been trying their creative best to churn up stories.

COPE, in the meantime, claim that Real Madrid have offered him a new contract worth a potential €32.5 million-per-year, where he earns €25 million flat, €2 million extra for winning the Champions League, €1.5 million for conquering La Liga, €1 million each for being champions of Copa del Rey, winning FIFA’s Best player and Ballon d’Or, €0.5 million for winning the Golden Boot in La Liga and another €0.5 million after he reaches a set number of games.

This, however, is still not good enough for Cristiano Ronaldo.

But the worst part comes next from Don Balon as they claim that Juventus are willing to pay up to £100 million for the Portuguese and could also include Paulo Dybala in the deal – and this is something that Perez likes.