Man Utd will make a fresh bid for Branthwaite following the horrific Yoro injury update, while Everton’s peculiar position on the sale comes to light.
Manchester United is prepared to make another offer for the Everton star. Jarrad Branthwaite following the discovery that Leny Yoro would miss longer than anticipated, and an odd assertion about Everton’s position on a sale has been made in a report.
Three weeks ago, Manchester United completed a £52 million deal with Lille to get Yoro, stealing him from Real Madrid under their nose.
Yoro is one of the best young defenders in the world of football, despite an unfortunate early setback to his Manchester United career.
The center-back broke his metatarsal during United’s preseason game against Arsenal on July 28. The problem needed to be fixed surgically, therefore on Monday, August 5, Yoro had surgery.
It was first anticipated that Yoro would be out of commission for two or three months. The Sun now claims Yoro will miss at least three months of activity and might not come back until 2025. Returning in January would mean missing nearly half the season.
Man Utd always planned to buy two new center backs this summer, having already sold Willy Kambwala to Villarreal and allowed Raphael Varane to leave via free agency. Additionally, Victor Lindelof is for sale.
Matthijs De Ligt of Bayern Munich has agreed to personal terms. According to the most recent information from Germany, he and fellow Bayern defender Noussair Mazraoui WILL join with Manchester United.
Man Utd is preparing a second bid for Branthwaite.
However, the Sun claims that Man Utd are prepared to re-enter the race for Everton and England star Brandon as well, in lieu of Yoro being out longer than anticipated.
It’s claimed United are ‘plotting a fresh bid for Jarrad Branthwaite’ who the Times previously declared had agreed personal terms with the Red Devils.
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The Sun then makes an odd assertion about Branthwaite’s future at Everton, though.
According to the source, “Everton may be interested in an offer of £50 million, and United may be willing to go that far in order to land” the player.
That assertion seems very strange considering that Man Utd has previously made two bids for Everton, the largest of which being £50 million (£45 million plus £5 million in add-ons).
Furthermore, transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has insisted Everton will not sell their star centre-back unless their full £70m asking price is met.
The June 30 PSR deadline – which is understood to be one of the reasons Everton would have been wiling to sell the defender – has also long since passed.
