Manchester United transfer news: Man Utd will need to spend over €500 million for midfield genius, Ronaldo’s price tag revealed, and more – June 29, 2018

Hello and welcome to the Manchester United transfer roundup for the day! Today is an off-day at the World Cup as the group stages of the tournament have been concluded and teams are now preparing for the round of 16.

As a result, the transfer market rumour mill has flared up – it is actually always flared up, regardless of whether there are World Cup matches or not – as Manchester United is on fire in the rumour windmill.

Summarising what lies up ahead, Nemanja Matic has given his seal of approval on the signing of Fred, a bit of bad news about Heung-Min Son, an update on Martial, the chase for Belgian duo, a bit on Willian, the battle for Kovacic and the want for his Real Madrid team-mates.

And so without further ado – let’s begin!

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#5 Matic and Son

Manchester United have already strengthened their midfield with the acquisition of Fred and are likely to make more signings before the summer window slams shut. The former Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder is likely to pair up with Nemanja Matic at the heart of the midfield – and the Serb has already given glaring remarks about the Brazilian.

The duo spoke to each other after Serbia clashed with Brazil in their final group game. And Matic believes that that the former Shakhtar midfielder will not only be a great addition to the squad but could form an excellent partnership with him.

“I spoke to him after the game, he is a great player, he will bring quality to our team.

“We will see. I think we’ll understand each other very well.”

Meanwhile, the Red Devils had earlier been touted for a move for Heung-Min Son but now it seems as though the Old Trafford outfit could lose out on the superstar who has not only been incredible for Tottenham Hotspur but also has been a star for his country South Korea at the World Cup.

According to BetStars spokesperson Ian Marmion, Son is favourite to join Liverpool instead of Manchester United.

“The 25-year-old showed some impressive form for Tottenham last season, however it is Liverpool who have emerged as the 11/8 favourites to prize the South Korean away from their Premier League rivals,” he said.

“Manchester United may also look to move for the forward should he become available for transfer, and we have the Red Devils priced at 3/1.”

#4 Martial and Willian

Huge tag on Martial

Martial is another player that has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford. The Frenchman’s agent recently said that Martial doesn’t feel valued at United, and as a result wants to leave the club.

Hence, according to Manchester Evening News, Tottenham had asked about the former Monaco man, but the Red Devils have apparently quoted a “silly price” for the player after the Lily-Whites themselves stamped a huge price tag on Toby Alderweireld – who is being chased by Jose Mourinho.

Meanwhile Willian is an absolute favourite of Jose Mourinho, as the Portuguese wants the Brazilian at the Old Trafford. According to the Daily Mail, it is Barcelona that have drawn the first blood with a £50 million bid for the superstar. Chelsea however have rejected it.

#3 Belgian duo

Scored the winner against England

Manchester United already have two Belgians in their squad in the form of Romelu Lukaku and Marouane Fellaini. They have already been linked with Toby Alderweireld and now, two more Belgians are on the Red Devils’ radar.

According to Express, Manchester United are not the only outfit that want Leander Dendoncker as the Anderlecht man is being chased by their rivals Manchester City and also West Ham United and Watford.

Meanwhile, according to another report from Express, Jose Mourinho is keen to bring back Adnan Januzaj after the youngster scored a peach of a goal against England in their final game of the group.

#2 The Real Madrid duo

Both departing?

Three Real Madrid players have openly admitted – directly or indirectly – about leaving the club and two of them are Matteo Kovacic and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Speaking about Kovacic, the Croatian was the only great thing that Rafa Benitez did during his time at the Bernabeu. However, due to his lack of playing time, he has decided to leave the club and Manchester United will have to fight off interest from Inter, Roma, Juventus and Tottenham in order to sign him, says AS.

Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo is another player who could leave the Galacticos in the summer, and Don Balon seems to believe that Perez has slapped an asking price of €120 million for the former Manchester United star.

#1 The want for Toni Kroos

Kroos failed to inspire Germany to the second round

Toni Kroos might have saved Germany against Sweden with a brilliant last minute set-piece goal, but he couldn’t inspire them to win against South Korea as Germany was knocked out of the group stage at the World Cup for the first time since 1938.

He is however a much wanted man if reports from Don Balon are to be believed. They have two different articles about Manchester United’s interest in him. In one, they state that the Red Devils are willing to swap Paul Pogba for the German superstar.

And in the other, they believe that the Red Devils will have to spend in excess of €500 million to sign the World Cup winning superstar.