Manchester United transfer update as Rasmus Hojlund pursuit continues

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A look at the transfer latest at the club

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00:00 So Michael, just a bit of an update in the transfer front at Manchester United, what's

00:04 been going on there in recent weeks?

00:07 Yes, so obviously a lot going on with United in transfers, certainly one of the, there

00:13 are always so much talk about clubs in terms of transfers and stuff, but this summer there

00:17 really is quite a bit going on in terms of players coming in, well certainly players

00:20 to Blandon to bring in and players to Parton. I mean just a minute or two before we came

00:25 on it was just announced that Anthony Alanga has departed the club, I think that's a decision

00:28 that makes sense for everyone, a player who's probably really sunk the kind of 7-3, 8-2

00:33 choice in the wide areas, so many options for Eric Ten Hag to have. And yes, I think

00:38 that's a really good move for everyone. So he's departed, I mean I think we're very soon

00:42 expecting Dean Henderson to join him and Noling on Forrest as well. Certainly know that Andre

00:46 Onana has been confirmed at United, expect that one to go through pretty quickly. Fred,

00:50 I'm fully expecting him to depart as well soon, obviously not involved in United's tour

00:53 at the moment, not to be shown the reasons why that is the case, I think the club said

00:59 he was dealing with a personal issue, so he's not involved in America, but we fully expect

01:03 him to leave soon. And then another one I think is Van de Beek, I think that Danny Van

01:07 de Beek, I mean there was a report yesterday that he's attracted a lot of interest from

01:11 clubs, I mean the player himself said he's probably going to move on, Ten Hag's keen

01:14 to kind of get rid of him I think. You know he played six central midfielders against

01:19 Arsenal in a recent pre-season friendly and Danny Van de Beek wasn't one of them. Fred

01:22 wasn't involved, so I mean when you consider Fred's above him in the pecking order, it's

01:26 easy to look at Van de Beek as kind of the eighth choice in the pecking order at the

01:28 moment for central midfield. It just hasn't worked, I think he just needs to move on at

01:32 this stage after a disappointing three years. So look, there's plenty going on in terms

01:36 of outgoings, I should just mention on this point in terms of outgoing that obviously

01:40 Harry Maguire continues to be an interesting subject in terms of the club and what's happening

01:47 there. Look, I mean Ten Hag said the other day that he potentially needs five centre-back

01:51 options this season, United only have four, that includes Maguire, you factor Johnny Evans

01:56 into that, that's potentially a fifth, they've just offered Rhys Bennett, I'm sorry, yeah,

02:00 Evans would be a fifth, they've just offered youngster Rhys Bennett a new contract, that's

02:03 another option. But I think for Maguire it does seem a little bit of a game of chicken

02:08 at the moment, a little bit, you know, who's going to kind of push for this, is it going

02:11 to be Maguire, is it going to be Manchester United, is it going to be, I think it's something

02:15 that's going to rumble on at least for another couple of weeks, I wouldn't be surprised if

02:18 Maguire is still involved when the season kicks off, but I do fully expect that by the

02:21 time the window closes that he will have left the club permanently, I know that Chelsea

02:25 and West Ham are certainly interested in him. So yeah, that's a bit of a round-up of outgoings

02:31 and then potentially incomings, I mean I'm fully expecting a bid for Rasmus Hoyland of

02:36 Atalanta this week, real interest from United in him, obviously 20-year-old striker, I think

02:41 planning for the future, I do think it's a really, would be a really, well, I say I think

02:46 it'd be a good move, I think it's certainly a move that United haven't done in recent

02:49 years in terms of buying up a common striker, I mean you look at the kind of players they've

02:53 gone for in recent years, Cavani, Ronaldo, who else, Gallo, players like that, all short-term

03:02 options, no long-term planning, I think Hoyland would obviously, yeah, mark a change in that

03:07 regard, I just think there are a couple of questions for Marcus about, you know, I just

03:10 don't think he's all that proven at this stage, that's not to say he won't go on to be a success,

03:15 but I think there are obviously, he hasn't, it's quite a short period of time that he's

03:19 been a top-quality striker, so there's still a lot of doubts in that regard, so I think

03:23 Hoyland is one they're definitely going to move forward, Kane is still one they're interested

03:28 in but it's just looking so difficult in that regard, and then there was obviously Torkman

03:31 Bape earlier this week, I don't think that one's going to happen personally, but never

03:36 say never, I certainly think paying a big transfer fee would, he's looking almost impossible

03:42 feeing at it at this stage. And then one final one, it's just to say that they are still

03:45 interested in Sophie and Amribat, and that's another player that I think they probably

03:49 will make a move for in the coming weeks, but I think they'll get Hoyland wrapped up

03:52 first and then make a move for Amribat. So yeah, plenty of information there, sorry to

03:57 bombard you, but yeah, quite a lot going on with United at the moment.

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