MANCHESTER UNITED have opened talks with Barcelona for £69million defender Ronald Araujo, according to reports.
The central part has inspired since joining the Catalan giants in 2019.
Meanwhile, Neil Custis has named FIVE things Manchester United want to do – from sleeping giants to Premier League champions.
Elsewhere, United are reportedly in a trade deal involving Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Michael Olise.
Follow all the updates below. . .
Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Manchester United revolution is in full swing with the club set to leave Carrington.
The new owner considers that the education floor is at its maximum capacity and it is a new position with more area to expand.
And according to the Daily Mail, United are in talks to buy a golf club in the south area of Manchester.
Any one would require a minimum of one hundred acres of buildable land to be suitable.
The Red Devils have already begun negotiations to acquire High Legh Golf Club in Knutsford.
According to the latest reports, no agreement has yet been reached.
Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho doesn’t have the same appeal he has had over the past two decades, however, there are still more sensible clubs who could sign the Special One after his sacking via Roma:
Manchester United legend Jaap Stam is set to make a stunning return to the helm of Dutch football’s seventh tier.
Stam has been a club since leaving Cincinnati in MLS in September 2021.
According to Dutch outlet 1908, the former centre-back is now in discussions with boyhood club Kampen to become their new head coach.
The Dutchman would take over at the end of the season following the departure of current manager Johan Pitstra.
The 51-year-old continues his playing career at DOS Kampen, who most recently play for Tweede Klasse 2H, the seventh tier of Dutch football.
After coming through the club’s youth system, Stam departed for PEC Zwolle in 1992 aged 19.
Fabrice Ondoa, cousin of Manchester United ace André Onana, has been named Cameroon’s squad for the Africa Cup of Nations clash against Guinea.
Although the 28-year-old Ondoa plays in France’s 3rd division of Nîmes, he now has more international caps than Onana.
The 28-year-old has made 49 appearances in total, while the United goalkeeper has 37.
And Ondoa has proven to be a capable replacement for his cousin in the past, stepping in when the former Inter Milan star retired from foreign football last year.
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is “very interested” in bringing Bayern Munich’s Matthijs de Ligt to Old Trafford.
According to Sky Sports Germany, Ten Hag is very interested in reuniting with De Ligt whom he coached at Ajax.
The report adds that the centre-back could become a top target for the Red Devils in the summer if the Dutch tactician remains at the club beyond the end of the season.
Meanwhile, the Dutch foreigner will most likely leave Bayern if the defender is signed at the Allianz Arena.
Gary Neville is hopeful that Ivan Toney will reject his departure from Brentford this month amid links with Arsenal and Chelsea.
There’s been a lot of talk, hasn’t there?about a big move imaginable to Arsenal. I don’t see that personally going to go down to this level of the season or the movement window.
He’s a brilliant player, is he rarely? We’ve seen clips on social media this week showing the goals he scored, a penalty from Panenka this morning, that’s good.
Of course, he plays the scenes, behind closed doors. Brentford is a glorious club. I love going to Brentford, one of the league’s favourite grounds.
It’s been a while since I’ve been there, but with Ivan Toney in attack, with [Yoane] Wissa, with [Bryan] Mbeumo, they’re one of the big threats, a small step backwards in the way they play.
And I think him coming back will mean, and I hope Brentford keep him for the rest of the season and I hope Ivan Toney plays at the highest level as well at some point in the near future.
But I think for Brentford, keeping him for the rest of the season will be really smart. I mean, there are rumours of Chelsea and Arsenal snooping around him, but he stays at Brentford to give them a really smart end to the season and me. I’m so happy he’s back.
Brentford are closing in on a loan move for Tottenham ace Sergio Reguilon, reports SunSport’s Tom Barclay.
Reguilon, 27, had initially been hesitant over a switch to the Gtech Community Stadium and was hoping for a move back to Spain.
This after representing some of Europe’s elite clubs, Real Madrid, Tottenham, Atletico Madrid and Manchester United, where he spent the first part of the season on loan.
But the full-back seems to have since convinced himself to move to west London, where he will get normal playing time given the absence of Rico Henry through injury.
The Spanish foreigner returned from Old Trafford earlier this month after making 12 appearances while Luke Shaw was injured.
But he is not in Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou’s plans so will be allowed to go out temporarily again, with the Bees his expected destination.
Manchester United are 4 moves adrift as Sir Jim Ratcliffe leads a move review.
According to the Evening Standard, four positions have been identified to be strengthened by Ratcliffe.
This includes a new top-flight striker with a point for Bayern Munich superstar Harry Kane.
The positions are a new centre-back, a right-back and a midfielder.
Two names are proposed for the defence, Jean Clair Todibo of Nice and Jarrad Branthwaite of Everton.
The right-back’s target will be Bayer Leverkusen star Jeremiah Frimpong.
Jesse Lingard’s new agents have introduced the former Manchester United ace to MLS’s Portland Timbers.
Lingard has been a free agent since June, when he left via Nottingham Forest, and has since struggled to join a new club.
The midfielder sacked his previous reps this month as they failed to find him a new team and he was frustrated with a number of contract offers that never developed despite interest from clubs overseas
According to the Mail, the 31-year-old’s new representatives are exploring features in the United States and Portland seem interested in signing him on a flexible transfer.
Manchester United have shown off the loan of Hannibal Mejbri to Sevilla as they struggled to gain playing time under manager Erik ten Hag.
And Hannibal has arguably just played his last game for United with reports claiming there is a permanent move option included in the loan deal.
The playmaker will now head to La Liga, where he will join the Sevilla side via his former Red Devils teammate Adnan Januzaj.
Manchester United ace Andre Onana had to be calmed down via El Hadji Diouf after his nightmarish adventure to sign up for the Cameroon squad for his first AFCON match.
Onana had covered 5,000 miles in less than 24 hours to arrive in time for her team’s opening game, falling absolutely off the day’s team.
The goalkeeper had delayed his appointment with the rest of Rigobert Song’s squad for United’s Premier League match against Tottenham on Sunday.
But after helping the Red Devils to a 2-2 draw, the 27-year-old headed straight to the airport to sign his teammates in time for the match against Guinea.
Despite a hellish journey – that saw him travel an extra 150 miles by car due to weather concerns – Onana arrived at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium in time for kick off.
But that didn’t matter, as Onana said he would not take part in the game, with Fabrice Ondoa starting as goalkeeper and Devis Epassy and Simon Ngapandouetnbu being named as substitute goalkeepers.
According to the Daily Mail, the United goalkeeper was frustrated by his exclusion from the team and Senegalese legend Diouf was forced to step in to calm him down.
The goalkeeper can reportedly be heard shouting, “If I wasn’t going to play or be part of the team, why did I come here on a private jet?”
And Diouf’s footage showed the former Liverpool and Bolton cult hero chatting with a depressed Onana in the stadium.
Manchester United prodigy Amir Ibragimov shone by scoring four goals for Newcastle’s under-16 team.
The 15-year-old Ibragimov even trained with United’s first team and met Sir Alex Ferguson.
The winger has been City’s star this season at Old Trafford and after his brilliant performance against the Magpies.
The match ended 4-1 against the Red Devils, with all goals from the young Russian.
Manchester United are in talks with Crystal Palace for Michael Olise in the January window.
And United are keen to sign Olise as part of a deal that sees Aaron Wan-Bissaka return to Palace.
According to ESPN, the Eagles will re-sign their former right-back.
However, Roy Hodgson’s side only wants to let the winger go at the end of the season.
SunSport’s Neil Custis has revealed what Manchester United want to do to turn the tide and reinvent themselves as Premier League rivals:
Manchester United have held talks with Barcelona over their bid to sign Ronald Araujo.
United have been keeping an eye on Araujo for some time and have inquired about the defender, who is set to receive £69million in January according to move expert Florian Plettenberg.
That means the Red Devils could wait until the summer to make a move for the centre-back, which would have also piqued interest from Bayern Munich.
The two European giants may battle it out later this year but the Uruguay international is keen to stay at Barca
The 24-year-old is believed to have rejected the Manchester giants’ advances, which means Erik ten Hag’s side may have to pursue other targets.
SunSport’s Dave Kidd has revealed his greatest Premier League stars of all time.
And in attendance were none other than former Man United aces.
Eric Cantona, Ryan Giggs, Roy Keane, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo are all on the list.
Gary Neville says he has replaced background music at Manchester United.
The Red Devils play ‘This is the One’ by the Stone Roses in the Old Trafford tunnel before kick-off.
But the music switch only came about after ex-United captain Neville asked the club to ditch Bill Conti’s ‘Fanfare for Rocky’ for the Manchester band and Ian Brown’s voice.
He said: “We hadn’t won the league in a couple of years, so I went to the club and asked them if we could start betting ‘That’s the one’. They still play it today. “
Jesse Lingard’s new agents have offered the ex-Manchester United ace to MLS outfit Portland Timbers.
Lingard has been a free agent since June, when he left via Nottingham Forest, and has since struggled to join a new club.
The midfielder sacked his former representatives this month as they failed to find him a new team and he became frustrated with several contract offers that never came to fruition despite interest from foreign clubs.
According to the Mail, the 31-year-old’s new representatives are exploring features in the United States and Portland seem interested in signing him on a flexible transfer.
Man United are reportedly in talks with Crystal Palace for Michael Olise.
But they want to sign the winger as part of a trade deal for Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
ESPN says Palace are eager to re-sign their former right-back.
However, the Eagles don’t want to let Olise go until the end of the season.
André Onana deserves to be reassured by El Hadji Diouf after his nightmare adventure in signing for the Cameroon national team for the first match of the African Cup of Nations.
The Manchester United goalkeeper had travelled 5,000 kilometres in less than 24 hours to arrive in time for his team’s opening match, being absolutely out of the squad for the matchday.
Onana can reportedly be heard yelling, “If I wasn’t going to play or be part of the team, why did I come here on a personal jet?”
And Diouf’s footage showed the former Liverpool and Bolton player chatting with a depressed Onana in the stadium.
Jose Mourinho has been subsidised through bookmakers to sign for Man Utd in 16/1.
The Special One is available after being sacked by Roma.
And Erik ten Hag’s long career at Old Trafford remains uncertain.
And Star Sports believes there is a chance that Mourinho could end up being trapped through Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
No Manchester United fan can be the iconic Bebe.
He featured just seven times for the Red Devils after being signed by Sir Alex Ferguson – who admitted he’d NEVER watched Bebe play.
But the forward is now starring at Afcon after switching allegiance from Portugal to Cape Verde.
Bebe also plays in La Liga for Rayo Vallecano and happens to be enjoying getting his career back on track at the age of 33.
Man United have reportedly made an enquiry for Ronald Araujo.
The Uruguayan defender has been key for Barcelona this season.
And he’s capable of doing it as a centre-back or right-back.
But United have been valued at £69m, most likely waiting until the summer before making a concrete offer.
Hannibal Mejbri has left Manchester United for Sevilla on a deal.
The midfielder had struggled for minutes under Erik ten Hag.
And he will now spend the rest of the campaign in Spain.
Sevilla are believed to have a clause to make the deal permanent, meaning Hannibal would have possibly played his last game for the Red Devils.
Jose Mourinho has been shown the door through Italian giants Roma.
The former Man Utd, Chelsea and Spurs man is in charge of the Europa Conference League in his first season at the club.
But they had won 8 Serie A games this season, leaving Roma ninth in the table.
And the capital club have decided to combine tactics with Mourinho, who could now be tempted to finally move to Saudi Arabia.
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