The Germans have set up a company that asks for 108 million pounds before returning to pre-season education this week, but United has made it clear that they will spend so much.
Follow all the latest updates and the old Trafford gossip below…
GREEN LIGHT
Mason Greenwood still needs to score head-to-head for Manchester United’s most sensible team this season.
When asked where it was looking to improve, he told UEFA: “I think about the goals of the head.
“I haven’t scored a header in the first team this season.
“It would be great to have one before the end of the Europa League.”
Have
Kai Havertz is pushing harder to move to the Premier League than Jadon Sancho.
Bundesliga stars are connected with one step to the English elite.
Havertz, 21, at 90 million pounds, is attracting a lot of interest from Chelsea, while United disagrees with Borussia Dortmund, who 20-year-old Sancho weighs 108 million pounds.
According to Sky Sports, the couple is “the one who moves as fast as possible”.
Tell me how to believe it
Antonio Conte will attack Manchester United and raise Chris Smalling to his Team at Inter Milan.
The defense deemed the wishes left over through Ole Gunnar Solskjaer last summer and sent him to Rome on loan for a season.
He has shone in Serie A and has played 30 league games and has three and two assists.
His defense saw him nicknamed “Smalldini” in reference to Italian legend Paolo Maldini.
Roma desperately needs to remain the former Fulham player, who will miss his name in the Europa League this month, but has been postponed by the value of 21 million pounds ordered by United.
STATISTICAL ATTACK
Here are some statistics before the United-Copenhagen showdown.
SANCH-GO
It goes …
Jadon Sancho travels to Switzerland with his companions. Have.
– Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) 10 August 2020
LATEST NEWS
Manchester United has missed the one to point to Jadon Sancho.
And the Ace of England has been named in the pre-season team of Borussia Dortmund and will fly to Switzerland with them.
The Bundesliga team had in the past told United that they were looking for an agreement to stand until 10 August.
But the Red Devils refused to meet their £108million asking price.
And this morning, nothing had been announced and Dortmund announced that the winger component of his team will travel to Switzerland to prepare for the next season.
Lucien Favre will put his players to the test at an educational camp in the Swiss city of Bad Ragaz.
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– Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) 10 August 2020
COP OUT
Copenhagen head coach Stale Solbakken has admitted that his team will want to be “perfect” to beat Manchester United.
He said: “To do this, we have to play perfectly.
“We need a bit of luck. We maybe need a United that doesn’t fire on all cylinders.
“We have to be the best defensive.
“We have that or two or three opportunities we have in a game like this.”
HAIR OF THE POG
Paul Pogba has worked more on the court to make up for lost time, revealed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Speaking to the club’s website, he said: “I’ve answered a lot of questions about Paul, and we’re very happy that he’s coming to play.
“He’s fit, he loves his football.
“Of course you have to make up time and try to do it.
“Also, he trains, he has a wonderful personality in and around the place, and hopefully we can see him lift this trophy [as] he has done before.”
Come and get me
Manchester United has put a booking plan in place if Jadon Sancho’s at Old Trafford fails.
This comes in the form of Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman, according to the Evening Standard.
Coman is unlikely to appear in Munich next season, with Leroy Sane joining the Bundesliga champions.
And as a result, Manchester United is contemplating a loan deal, Bayern Munich prefers to sell directly.
D-DAY
It’s a huge day for Manchester United, as Dortmund’s deadline for getting an offer for Jadon Sancho expires tonight.
The German team is back in pre-season this week and expects Sancho to be there.
Dortmund are also not willing to budge from their £108m asking price at the moment and are said to be disappointed that United have failed to indicate what price they would be willing to pay, reports Sky Sports’ Kaveh Solhekol.
However, he also stated that United will never be in a more powerful position to point to Sancho, as all clubs have been excluded from the market due to the coronavirus.
He added that United was looking for Sancho, Sancho was looking for a signing for United and some other Champions League season to Dortmund, as it was not enough to convince him to stay.
GOOD MORNING FANS UNITED,
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will have to let one of his goalkeepers pass – Dean Henderson does not facilitate the Position of No. 1.
David De Gea is under pressure after a series of errors, while Henderson has had two successful seasons on loan at Sheffield United.
Neither he nor De Gea needs to be substitutes and Sergio Romero will be the third choice.
Ahead of United’s Europa League quarter-final against Copenhagen tomorrow night, Solskjaer said: “It’ll be difficult to keep three of them, so we’ll see what the decision will be there.
“I have to be the world’s top privileged technician with our goalkeeper department.
Sergio, David and, with Dean Henderson’s back-up, it’s three goalkeepers.
“The Europa League also demonstrated how vital Sergio was to us, and David has been performing.
“We’ll see what we do in the future.”
Solskjaer also shared his optimism that Paul Pogba will sign a new contract at United.
Pogba’s current deal at Old Trafford expires next summer but SunSport reported last month he was close to agreeing a new five-year extension.
And Solskjaer added: “Since he returned from the injury, it has been a pleasure.
“He’s worked very hard, he’s satisfied and he’s playing well.
“We’ll see Paul in the next two seasons, I’m sure.
“And I can’t wait to see him grow up with this team.
“He will have to be one of the leaders, one of the main figures, because he is just coming to his peak time as a footballer at 27.
“I’m looking ahead to run with him.”
Eventually, Tahith Chong could head to the Bundesliga with Man Utd in a position to let the winger register on loan at Werder Bremen.
Chong reportedly, 20, held talks with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Friday after appearing in United’s Europa League against LASK.
According to the Daily Mail, Bremen is ahead of signing a two-year loan deal to Chong.
PAUL IN
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is confident that Paul Pogba will sign a new contract at Manchester United.
Pogba’s existing agreement at Old Trafford expires next summer, however, SunSport reported last month that it was close to accepting some other five-year extension.
Speaking about the Europa League quarter-final match with Copenhagen, United manager Solskjaer hinted that Pogba’s long run is in Manchester.
“Since he returned from injury, it has been a pleasure,” Solskjaer said.
“He’s worked very hard, he’s satisfied and he’s playing well.
“We are going to see the best of Paul in the next couple of seasons, I’m sure.
“And I can’t wait to see him grow up with this team.
“He will have to be one of the leaders, one of the great figures, because he is achieving his best moment as a footballer at 27.
“I’m looking ahead to run with him.”
JEEPERS KEEPERS
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has warned that Manchester United will not enter next season with David de Gea’s 3rd, Sergio Romero and Dean Henderson.
He said: “The put festival is good. We have Sergio, David and Dean there with David supporting them.
“It’s going to be hard to stay 3 at the club. So let’s see what the resolution is.
ITALIAN WORK
Inter Milan legend Andreas Brehme believes his former team and Bayer Leverkusen are great favourites for United for the Europa League this season.
“I have no doubt, for me it’s the Inter,” he told the Gazzetta dello Sport.
“The nerazzurri are a perfect team, although Bayer Leverkusen is strong and has a perfect striker like Havertz, Conte’s team takes the lead.
“I would say that whoever wins this match has a wonderful match in the Europa League. The semi-final against Shakhtar Donetsk or Basel can be won.
“On the other side of the bracket I think Manchester United will qualify for the finals. But both Inter and Bayer are stronger than the English club.”
SOLAIRE RESEARCH
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted that winning the Europa League would be one of his greatest achievements in his career.
He said: “I’m ambitious, and one of my dreams is the trophy as a coach of this club.
“This would be the proudest of my life.”
THE DEVIL CAN TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF
Borussia Dortmund have moved to quell rumors that Jadon Sancho is about to move to Manchester United after being in the UK.
The Bundesliga team will travel to Switzerland next week for a pre-season education camp and the club’s media and communications director said it was normal for the English star to return home.
Sascha Fligge said: “It is not unusual and smart for players to move from home before the education camp if they are risky.
“The same goes for Jadon [Sancho]. From our point of view, the photographs they have shown us do not violate that way.”
TEAM GOALS
Manchester United reached Germany in the Europa League quarter-finals.
They face Copenhagen after overtaking LASK with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer now facing the main team’s decisions.
So far, he has used the festival to offer game time to marginal players.
But with a United favorite to lift the trophy, Solskjaer started with his most powerful team.
This is how they line up …
RON IN ITS HISTORY WAY
Cristiano Ronaldo lives for the story, and after a record season, there are only 30 goals left to achieve the all-time milestone to which he aspires to the maximum: Pelé’s 767 goals.
Ron rose to 737 when his double in Friday’s 2-1 win over Lyon failed to save Juventus from a surprising goals kick in the Champions League.
Pelé has scored 1,286 times in 1,363 games, making him the notable guy in the Guinness Book of Records.
But 519 of those goals were in friendlies so do not count for the official crown.
That means 35-year-old Portuguese superstar Ronaldo will actually succeed in the most sensible way in two years: his wonderful rival Lionel Messi, 33, ranks fifth on the list with 717.
Former Real Madrid and Manchester United leder Ron has said he can play until he is 40.
NOT SO KOUL
Micah Richards has claimed United target Kalidou Koulibaly will be worth £20million less following his horror showing in Napoli’s Champions League defeat to Barcelona.
He told the Manchester Evening News: “I think it’s worth 20 million pounds less.
‘Everyone talks about how it’s meant to be made up of the ball, it’s competitive, but I see similarities to Mangala, and he went to City and didn’t paint for him there, so I’m not entirely convinced after that performance. Matrix »
TA TA TAHITH
Tahith Chong may head to the Bundesliga with Manchester United in a position to let the winger sign for Werder Bremen on loan.
Chong reportedly, 20, held talks with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Friday after appearing in United’s Europa League against LASK.
The Dutch-born winger scored 25 minutes as a replacement in United’s 2–1 win over the Austrian club on Thursday.
And the Dutch under-21 international, who has played nine Europa and Premier league appearances, needs more minutes to his credit.
According to the Daily Mail, Bremen is ahead of signing a two-year loan deal to Chong.
However, the loan rates and salary would still be finalized.
Werder’s sporting director Frank Baumann said: “If we’re in reverse, that’s the case. We’re under discussion.
“There are several parties involved. There are still things that want to be clarified and we have to agree. For now, that’s the case.”
HERR MAJESTY
Ander Herrera scored astonishingly above in the education of Paris Saint-Germain after being configured in a way through Neymar.
And the duo certainly hopes to reflect the sensational purpose when faced with the Atalanta this week.
As preparations continue for the Ligue 1 giants’ Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, Herrera staked a claim for a starting spot with his beauty of a strike with his so-called weaker left foot.
Herrera, 30, went to Instagram to share the clip with her 3.8 million followers.
He wrote, “When you have your left foot and you’re 30 years old…” followed by head-to-hand and tongue-out emojis.
Neymar stood above the dead ball on the D, rubbing his hands with emotion, but before firing himself, he produced a sublime ability to lift it up and then put it back on his head.
And Herrera endured at the best time to provoke unstoppable training, without giving the goalkeeper a chance.
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v Manchester United (@ManUtd) 9 August 2020
MAN OR ON BOARD
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his Manchester United team have taken off for Cologne in their pursuit of Europa League glory.
He posed for a hidden organizational photo on the steps of the plane before boarding at Manchester Airport on Sunday.
Then many players were damaged once they boarded.
The next stop for the red devils is Germany.
And they hope to return in a fortnight with the Europa League trophy for the time being in four seasons.
United beat LASK in the final round and will face Copenhagen on Monday night in their first-leg quarter-final match in the restructured round of 16.
VAN DER STAR
CRISIS IN PARIS?
Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent is expected to face Paris Saint-Germain for a possible unexpected transfer, according to sensational reports in France.
Despite the impact of the coronavirus, French giants would be desperate to strengthen on the ground.
This would have led to talks between Agent Jorge Mendes and PSG’s sporting director, Leonardo.
Mendes, who represents the PSG target, James Rodriguez, of course would be willing to come to an agreement.
And Le10 Sport believes the duo is in talks to talk about a massive movement by five-time Juventus winner Ballon d’Or.
The report adds that they will take credit for the Champions League festival in Lisbon to meet Ronaldo on the agenda.
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