Man / and Dubravka reach an Utd / agreement in principle
Martin Dubravka, a goalie, will be joining Manchester United after an agreement in principle has been reached with Newcastle.
To Old Trafford on loan will go the 33-year-old. Depending on how many appearances Dubravka makes, Man Utd will have the option to make the deal a contractual obligation.
The Slovakian international informed Newcastle this week that he intended to quit the team and sign with Manchester United.
For winger Antony, Manchester United and Ajax have reached an agreement worth £85 million.
The 22-year-old was scheduled to have a medical in Manchester on Monday. United will pay a guaranteed £80.75 million and an additional £4.25 million in add-ons for the player.
As talks between the two clubs continued, Antony was once again omitted from the Ajax roster for Sunday's game at Utrecht.
There should be no issues with personal terms in this agreement.
Anthony has been a target for United for several weeks, and last week, the club rejected a £67.9 million (€80 million) offer from United.
Bailly is on loan to Marseille.
For the duration of the season, Eric Bailly has been on loan to Marseille.
The 28-year-old international from the Ivory Coast will work for free at the Stade Velodrome while Marseille pays his entire salary.
The Ligue 1 club is required to sign Bailly to a long-term contract for £5.1 million (€6 million), subject to appearances and Marseille's Champions League qualification.
Goalkeeper Trapp of Frankfurt declines the offer from Manchester United.
The goalkeeper for this year's Europa League champions Eintracht Frankfurt, Kevin Trapp, revealed on Thursday that he had received and turned down an offer to join Manchester United.
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion regarding Manchester United's potential interest, according to Trapp. That I have a written offer is true, as you say.
I'm sure that everyone can agree that Manchester United is a world-class team and that I think about it. I decided to join Eintracht, though, and I told both clubs yesterday.
In order to put more pressure on first-choice David de Gea, who was ineffective in United's 4-0 loss to Brentford this month, coach Eric Ten Haag of the club is eager to sign a second goalkeeper.
With two losses and a win over Liverpool last week, United, who did not advance to the Champions League this season, has just three points after three Premier League games.
The 32-year-old Trapp, who was a player for Paris St. Germain from 2015 to 2018, has adapted well to life in Frankfurt since his return in 2018, when he was first out on loan. Additionally, he has six Germany caps.
With whom have Man Utd been associated?
Deals almost complete: Manchester United anticipates having finished their summer business with the additions of Antony and Dubravka (Daily Mail, August 30);
Manchester United is unlikely to make any more signings this transfer window once they complete the €100 million (£84.4 million) deal to sign Antony from Ajax and the addition of goalkeeper Dubravka from Newcastle United (Daily Telegraph, August 30).
Sergino Dest - Barcelona and Manchester United are reportedly in talks about a trade that would send Dest to Old Trafford while Aaron Wan-Bissaka would move in the other direction (Daily Mirror, August 30).
Matt O'Riley, who recently moved from MK Dons to Celtic, is being scouted by Manchester United just eight months after his transfer (Manchester Evening News, August 30).
Ajax's attacking star Antony is set to join Manchester United, but the deal that will make that happen has caused friction within the Dutch club
(Daily Mirror, August 29).
Antony has essentially gone "on strike" by refusing to play for Ajax as he attempts to force through a transfer to Manchester United before Thursday's transfer deadline (Daily Star on Sunday, August28).
Manchester United is waiting to see how the results of a board meeting at Ajax turn out before making their next,
(The Times, August 26).
Antony is close to joining Manchester United for £84 million, according to The Sun on August 24. Manchester United is confident they will sign Ajax star Antony within the next week, according to The Sun on August 22, but they are only likely to sign one of Antony or PSV's Cody Gakpo (Daily Telegraph, August 22). The bottom-placed club in the Premier League is frantically trying to bolster their roster before next week's transfer deadline, and Ajax anticipates Manchester United to up their offer for Brazilian forward Antony to €100 million (£84.9 million) (Sunday Times, August 21).
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Man Utd have 'failed' in their attempts to sabotage Chelsea's move for Aubameyang, according to the Daily Star (Daily Star, August 29); Manchester United are reportedly looking to enter the race to sign Barcelona striker Aubameyang with Chelsea having so far been unable to finalize a deal (Daily Mail, August 27)
Moussa Dembele has turned down Lyon's final contract offer, igniting rumors of a summer transfer to Manchester United (Daily Mirror, August 25).
Manchester United and Newcastle United have discussed signing goalkeeper Martin Dubravka (Daily Mail, August 25).
Memphis Depay - Five years after his first stint at Old Trafford, Manchester United is planning an outrageous £8 million swoop for former flop Depay (Daily Star, August 24).
Manchester United is zeroing in on a move for Yann Sommer, a goalkeeper who represents Switzerland.
Manchester United's efforts to pry Christian Pulisic away from Chelsea have been unsuccessful (Mail on Sunday, August 21). Chelsea are considering loan offers for Pulisic but would let him leave the club permanently if they are able to recoup the £58 million he cost when he was signed from Borussia Dortmund in 2019 (The Sun, August 18); Manchester United are considering a loan move for Chelsea forward Pulisic and the USA captain is interested ahead of the World Cup in Qatar (Daily Mail, August 18).
Manchester United is interested in signing Moises Caicedo, a defensive midfielder for Brighton (Sky Sports News, August 18).
Manchester United is considering acquiring Asmir Begovic, the Bosnian goalkeeper who plays for Everton (Daily Mail, August 19).
Jurrien Timber, a summer transfer target for Manchester United, has suffered yet another setback after agreeing to an extension with Ajax (The Sun, August 19).
Joao Felix: Manchester United has yet again been linked with a top European player in their futile search for reinforcements this summer. Atletico Madrid's Felix is the most recent name to surface as an Old Trafford target (Daily Mail, August 18).
Following a failed £67.6 million bid for Ajax's Antony, who was their top choice, Man United may consider Atletico Madrid forward Yannick Carrasco, who is priced at £25.5 million (Daily Telegraph, August 18).
Before the transfer window closes, Manchester United will try to sign five players, including midfielders Thomas Meunier of Borussia Dortmund and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic of Lazio (Daily Telegraph, August 18).
Frenkie de Jong: According to Manchester United's transfer officials, De Jong is still a possibility to join the Old Trafford club before the summer transfer window closes (Daily Mail, August 23); The long-running saga of Manchester United's summer pursuit of De Jong may have reached its climax, as a report in Holland claims the club's offer to Barcelona has expired. Manchester United is prepared to make one last push for Barcelona midfielder De Jong (Daily Express, August 22). (Daily Mail, August 16).
Sasa Kalajdzic, a striker for Stuttgart who is in the final year of his contract and is rumored to be one of several strikers Manchester United are interested in, is said by sources close to him to want to join the Red Devils (Sky Sports News, August 12).
Cody Gakpo of PSV Eindhoven has admitted that Manchester United are interested in signing him (The Sun, August 29); Manchester United is planning to make a bid for Gakpo of PSV Eindhoven and expects to close a £34 million deal (Daily Telegraph, August 20); PSV is not letting Gakpo, who is a target of Manchester United, leave until at least August 24, the date of their crucial Champions League play-off match against Rangers (The (The Sun, August 8).
The most recent players whose departure from Manchester:
United has been rumored
Up to nine Manchester United players could leave Old Trafford in the upcoming 10 days as Erik ten Hag keeps wielding the axe (The Sun, August 24).
Erik ten Hag, the manager of Manchester United, has no intention of allowing club captain Harry Maguire to leave before the transfer deadline of September 1 despite Chelsea's interest and the defender's uncertain future (Daily Express, August 27); According to reports, Manchester United will prevent Maguire from moving to Chelsea (The Guardian, August 22); Chelsea has unexpectedly inquired about Maguire's availability as uncertainty over the central defender's future at Manchester United grows (Daily Mail, August 20).
Matej Kovar, a goalkeeper from the Czech Republic, will be loaned out by Manchester United once they find a replacement (The Sun on Sunday, August 28)
As Erik ten Hag plans to revamp his defensive options, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, and Axel Tuanzebe are expected to leave Manchester United. (Daily Telegraph, August 24)
Scott McTominay, who is wanted by a number of clubs, could leave Manchester United this summer as a result of the club's acquisition of Casemiro. (August 21, Sunday Mirror) .
Erik ten Hag believes Donny van de Beek can still play a significant role at Manchester United, so Ajax has been informed there is no chance of Van de Beek returning to Holland (The Sun on Sunday, August 21).
James Garner, a promising midfielder for Manchester United who has never started a Premier League game for them, may be willing to leave for £14 million as interest in him grows (The Sun, August 25); Everton may also be interested in signing him (The Times, August 25); Tottenham, Leeds, and Southampton are all interested in Garner (The Sun on Sunday, August 21). (The Sun, August 24)
Amad Diallo, a star for Manchester United and a former Rangers loanee, has been "eyed up" by Nice of Ligue 1 for a loan move (Scottish Sun, August 20).
Attempts to sign Aaron Wan-Bissaka by West Ham and Crystal Palace were rejected by Manchester United (The Athletic, August 30); According to reports, Barcelona and Manchester United are in talks about a trade that would send Aaron Wan-Bissaka in one direction and Sergio Dest to Old Trafford (Daily Mirror, August 30); The Daily Telegraph reports that Manchester United are hoping to sell or loan Wan-Bissaka, with the defender's former club, Crystal Palace, willing to pay £10 million for the 24-year-old they sold to United for £50 million in 2019; Crystal Palace are open to bringing Wan-Bissaka back to the club in an effort to put an end to his Manchester United nightmare (The Sun, August 20);
Patrick Vieira, the manager of Crystal Palace, has denied rumors that his team is interested in acquiring Manchester United defender Wan-Bissaka (Daily Express, August 5).
The Manchester United star is reportedly seeking a last-ditch exit from Old Trafford, and Jorge Mendes, his agent, has reportedly reopened talks with Chelsea (Daily Star, August 30); Ronaldo, a striker for Manchester United, may still sign with Chelsea after his agent Mendes reportedly visited the west Londoners for talks on August 29 (The Sun); Ronaldo has reportedly expressed frustration over having to accept a 25% pay cut after Manchester United missed out on a Champions League spot; Ronaldo's original club, Sporting Lisbon, which has made an offer to the player but is unwilling to pay a transfer fee for the Portugal international, could save him from Manchester United.(The Sun, August 22);
Borussia Dortmund have decided against signing Cristiano Ronaldo, a striker who is looking to leave Manchester United (Daily Mail, August 22). The Daily Star reports that Manchester United is at odds over what to do with Ronaldo; The Times reports that Erik ten Hag has changed his mind about Ronaldo's request to leave Manchester United and is now willing to let the Portugal international leave during the transfer window; The disgruntled Manchester United players want Ronaldo out of the team and contend that the transfer saga is destroying their team's spirit (The Sun, August 10).
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