Man United close to signing 23-year-old in £55m deal
- by Grant Boone
- in Sports
- — Oct 7, 2020
According to him, Manchester United are right not to bow to the outrageous demands of Borussia Dortmund.
A mob of around 20 balaclava-clad supporters - some who are understood to be members of United's notorious "Men In Black" hooligan firm - sprayed paint at Woodward's £2m Cheshire mansion in January and threw flares and a smoke bomb in a sinister attack on the property at the end of the last transfer window.
Manchester United have apparently admitted defeat in their longstanding pursuit of Jadon Sancho.
While all of United's immediate rivals have strengthened considerably, the 10-week summer transfer window closes on Monday night with midfielder Donny van de Beek the club's only recruit to date. "We all were happy that he will be with us for one more year because he delivers assists and goals, so we get points.", said the German global, just before the DFL Supercup.
ESPN says Manchester United are eyeing a late move for Ocampos and have already made enquiries about the Argentinean international's possible availability during the closing days of the window. "The club has been working and they know my view".
"I'm not going to say what's acceptable for other clubs and teams in this hard period".
"I think my wording in lockdown, "exploit", was a bad word by me", the United manager said.
The deadline for global transfers and moves between Premier League clubs is 23:00 BST on Monday, though top-flight sides can still sign players from the English Football League until 17:00 on 16 October. However, we also have confidence that the club can find other options that are more sensibly priced if need be.
"If I thought that [Dembele should leave] then I wouldn't have included him in the squad, but he was in the squad", Koeman said, when asked if he was sending a message to the Frenchman. "I have seen numerous other players that didn't play too much last season play really well".
"They (United) had only one match for the week and probably the majority of the players who played are not going to play Sunday".
Under-fire Manchester United are pushing to land a quadruple deadline day deal after a weekend to forget at Old Trafford.
"But normally they should have lost 7-1".
With less than two days left for the transfer window to slam shut, the Red Devils are facing a race against time to convince Dortmund to part ways with the 20-year-old England global. "The offer, which failed to meet either of Dortmund's criteria, was for an initial £73m, rising to up to £91.3m".
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is prepared to sell winger Daniel James to fund a late move for Jadon Sancho, sources have told ESPN, but is yet to convince the club's hierarchy to sanction a potential £25 million sale of the Wales global.
