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It’s been a bit of a quiet January transfer window this year because of Financial Fair Play, it’s difficult for clubs to proceed and sign important players. It’s going to be about opportunities in the next days, this is the focus. For now, it looks like it will be nothing super big, this is the expectation. But here are some possible stories to look out for…
Manchester United are considering multiple options for a striker signing – Eric Choupo-Moting is one of the names they’ve discussed as a possible signing up front late on this January.
Still, the issue is that Bayern Munich are insisting on him staying at the club – he’s a popular player at the club, an experienced player, and they need some rotation, so he could be an important option for them over the course of the season. United are informed on the conditions but at the moment Bayern are not giving any green light for him to go.
It’s also important to clarify that United have also not activated negotiations yet – they are interested and have been kept informed on the conditions of the deal, but there are no concrete talks with Bayern.
Man Utd have also been linked previously with Lucas Bergvall, who is now being targeted by Barcelona. While all the top clubs in Europe have scouted Bergvall – I could mention 15 clubs – I’ve never been aware of negotiations with United. Barca and Eintracht Frankfurt are the two most concrete clubs in this race now, and I’m told Barcelona will push again in the next days.
And one final point on United – some fans have asked me about stories involving Antony being offered to Saudi clubs. We had similar reports about Brazil in the recent past, which were denied. Same with these ones. I’m not aware of United offering Antony to any other clubs, and don’t have concrete info on Antony leaving now. Let’s see if bids will come in the next weeks or in the summer, but it’s very quiet so far.
Keep an eye on Karim Benzema in the final days of the January transfer window – there is nothing concrete or serious with Arsenal at the moment, but if that changes I will let you now. For now, my information on his situation at Al Ittihad is that things remain tense, and new…
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