Manchester United transfer roundup: Manchester United open to letting go of €100 million star to Barcelona and more – July 11, 2018

Hello and welcome to the Manchester United transfer roundup for the day! While there are three more games remaining in the World Cup, the news is all about Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Juventus.

For the second time in 9 years, Cristiano’s transfer has captured all the headlines. Nevertheless, the rumours regarding other teams – Manchester United, in this case – also exist and we will provide them for you here.

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#5 Update on Rebic

Ante Rebic’s performance for Croatia in the World Cup has brought him in the limelight. He scored a wonderful goal against Argentina in the group stage and has been linked with a plethora of clubs ever since.

One of his suitors are Manchester United, who are yet to finish their summer dealings, as the Red Devils are keen on bringing the striker to the Old Trafford.

And now, according to the sporting director of Frankfurt, Fredi Bobic, he is really happy with how the Croat has played in this World Cup and stated that the whole team of Frankfurt are excited about him while also adding that the club haven’t received any offer for their star striker.

"I am very happy about the success of Ante Rebic with the Croatian national team," Bobic told Sport1. "The players and the coaching team are watching the World Cup games together in the training camp in the USA and, of course, are especially excited about Ante

"So far, there are no offers available and we're planning a steady season with Ante Rebic for the new season.”

However, he also added that a “lot can happen” should a big club come in with an offer as Frankfurt can’t compete with other clubs in terms of finance.

"Of course we know that a lot can happen when a big club makes an offer.

"We cannot compete economically with the big ones, but that's nothing new."

Meanwhile, journalist Guillem Balague has revealed that Manchester United had the chance to sign Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer but they rejected it.

“Jorge Mendes rang Manchester United and PSG (about Ronaldo) and they said ‘no’,” he said (taken from Daily Post’s live feed from 11th July 2018, 10.06).

#4 Back in for Toby

Back in for Toby

Belgium might have been knocked out of the reckoning to be the world champions but they are not out of the World Cup just yet. They will have to play another match in order to determine the third-placed team in the tournament.

Nevertheless, rumours surrounding Belgium players are once again starting to gather pace as Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld to Manchester United stories are back again.

According to Express, the Red Devils are once again going to make an attempt for him by making a £50 million bid for the former Ajax starlet. The report also adds that the Old Trafford outfit are favourites to sign Harry Maguire as well.

#3 Shaq and Jorg

Off to Chelsea?

Manchester United had previously been linked with Jorginho but after a while, Manchester City took the lead to sign him. And now, it looks as though Jorginho won’t end up in Manchester after all.

According to Samuel Luckhurst, the reason why the Red Devils didn’t try to sign him even after watching him was that they preferred Fred over him. City were then clear sign him but their insistence on paying his fee in installments means that he could now go to London to join Chelsea.

Meanwhile, according to Telegraph, Liverpool want to sign Shaqiri, who has also been linked with Manchester United, and are moving to trigger his £13 million relegation release clause.

#2 Lindelof could leave

Lindelof had a decent World Cup

It is quite funny that Manchester United are being linked with center-backs and have not been able to sign anyone in that position yet, but are now facing a battle to keep one of their own defenders at the club.

Victor Lindelof was signed with many expectations last summer but he failed to live up to his promised potential in his first season under Jose Mourinho. And now, according to The Sun, there are clubs that want to sign him.

A host of clubs are interested in acquiring his signature – with his former team Benfica also being on the list – but Mourinho stands firm in his conviction that the player has a role to play in the upcoming season and, hence, won’t be let go of.

#1 Barca attack

Messi is an admirer

This has been doing the rounds for a while now. Barcelona want Paul Pogba to lead their midfield in the upcoming seasons as Lionel Messi is a huge admirer of the Frenchman.

But the update is that despite Pogba enjoying a great tournament in Russia at the World Cup – helping his team reach the final of the tournament where they face either England or Croatia – Manchester United are open to selling him.

According to Don Balon, Mourinho’s frosty relationship with the Frenchman means that United could sell him with Barca lurking around.