Comfortable in attack and relatively solid in midfield, Manchester United still need some help in defence.
The club keep looking for the ideal complement to Harry Maguire, with neither Victor Lindelöf or Eric Bailly fully convincing in the task at hand.
That’s why we’ve seen numerous names linked with a move to Old Trafford these days, with the most recent recurring one being Edmond Tapsoba.
He, however, would prove costly, more so than latest player to be thrown into the mix: Gianluca Mancini.
The AS Roma player has been in fine form under Paulo Fonseca of late, attracting the attention of the likes of Everton and Chelsea, but Manchester United are now at his door.
Calciomercato are the ones reporting this on Friday, claiming the Red Devils have ‘been moving’ for the player ‘in recent weeks’.
Roma, as you might have guessed, don’t want to let him go, considering him a ‘pillar for the future’.
Then again, we all know money talks, as ‘everything will depend on offers’, and in the financial situation many clubs find themselves in, ‘the top clubs of the Premier League can come up with proposals of around €30m’.
This suggests that’s the bar Manchester United would set if they were to come forward, and it’s one AS Roma could very well consider, allowing them to make a profit on a player they spent £11.7m on originally in September 2020.
Atalanta would get 10% of a future sale, but that’s besides the point: it would be a good deal for the Serie A side.
