Manchester United transfer news: United willing to spend €200 million to buy superstar, De Gea to sign new contract and more - September 3, 2018

Hello and welcome to the Manchester United transfer roundup for the day! Interestingly, today is a bit of an active day for the Old Trafford outfit in the transfer rumour market since there are quite a few stories related to them.

Even though a lot of time is left for the year's end, January rumours are already making their way into the mill. And it makes sense because in January, you have to be on your toes with your transfer targets.

So without further ado, let’s begin!

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#5 David de Gea's contractual situation

David de Gea has been the most consistent player for Manchester United for the last few years. While the other players have had their ups and downs, De Gea has saved them countless times in the past.

As a result, it is only understandable that the Red Devils see him as the most essential cog of their team, which is why they didn’t want to let him go to Real Madrid in 2015 and, thankfully for them, the move failed right at the very last moment.

And now, with the Real Madrid door completely closed with the arrival of Thibaut Courtois, De Gea is reportedly set to sign a deal with the Old Trafford outfit that would see him stay at the club for a considerably long time.

Mourinho, however, said that he doesn’t take part in the negotiating process – worth noting that De Gea reportedly wants £350,000-per-week – as he would be a bad negotiator.

His reasoning was that he would bow down to the demands made by the player, which is quite believable when it comes to De Gea as the Portuguese is a huge admirer of the Spanish shot-stopper.

"I don't belong in the process of discussing deals with the players and negotiations with agents," he said.

"I never did that, it's something that I don't even like to do.

"I would be a bad negotiator; I would give everything to the players. So I don't belong to that."

The report adds that United want to pay him £200,000-a-week, which is way less than what the former Atletico Madrid shot-stopper wants.

#4 Mourinho is not worried about sacking rumours

Mourinho is not worried at all

Despite talks of him being sacked are doing the rounds like never before, the former Chelsea manager is all chilled about it. According to Mourinho, he is sure that he won’t be sacked.

The reason why he is so confident about being on the hot-seat at the Old Trafford for the rest of the reason is that the Red Devils will have to pay him a hell of a payday to release him from his contract.

"They say I'm in danger, but I don't think it,” he said.

“If they send me away, do you have any idea how much money they would have to give me?"

#3 Ronaldo return was never there

He hasn't been able to score yet

There were reports that Jose Mourinho had blocked the deal to bring in Cristiano Ronaldo to the Old Trafford as the Portuguese eventually joined Juventus in Italy.

However, the former Inter manager confirmed that bringing his compatriot was never an option as the opportunity wasn’t there on the table. He then praised Juventus for building a team capable of winning the Champions League.

"Cristiano was never on my table to say 'yes' or 'no' to Cristiano to come to us. It was never on the table,” he said.

"Fantastic players - Cristiano, (Emre) Can and (Leonardo) Bonucci. Absolutely top. But they are going to have two very difficult matches against us.”

#2 Godin failure

Used United to get a better deal

Manchester United’s transfer window was one to forget – both for the fans and, especially, Jose Mourinho. The former Real Madrid manager wanted some big-name experienced defenders in his squad but couldn’t bring even one to his name.

Diego Godin, meanwhile, almost joined them but as it turned out, he used the name of the Red Devils to coerce out a better contract with Atletico Madrid. The Red Devils, however, were so confident about completing the deal that they had a private jet ready just for him.

According to Mirror, Manchester United had prepared a private jet to fly him to Manchester from his holiday destination in Sardinia. However, the deal never happened and the Old Trafford outfit were forced to cancel the jet.

#1 Isco

Wanted by Mou?

The January rumours are here. Mourinho’s Manchester United were linked with a plethora of Real Madrid players in the summer but none of them ever went on to happen.

And now, just three days after the conclusion of the summer window in Spain and most of Europe, Jose Mourinho has targeted another player from Real Madrid to bring to the Theatre of Dreams in January.

According to Don Balon, Isco Alarcon is the player Mourinho wants to bring in January and pair with Paul Pogba. The Red Devils have €200 million to spend for him but Perez will not sell him and is going to give him a pay rise to evade any potential problems.