Mathys Tel Man Utd, Mbappe Davies Real Madrid

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Manchester United are working hard to bring directors in to be prepared for the summer transfer window. From what I’m hearing, Man United are prepared to push again next week to get a deal done and sort out compensation with Newcastle for Dan Ashworth.

Ashworth has said yes to Manchester United, he wants to work for the Red Devils, and from what I’m hearing he sees this as a perfect project for the present and future. Now it’s important to see how negotiations between the clubs will go, but for sure Man United will make one more big push for Ashworth next week.

The links with Southampton director Jason Wilcox are also true – he is a candidate to work next to, and together with Ashworth. United are exploring options and Wilcox is one of them, but there are also other clubs interested and Southampton are pushing to keep him at the club.

We keep hearing many Man United transfer rumours circulating in the press, but it’s really very simple – before they have a clear structure in place, all the names may be being scouted but it is nothing concrete. We’ve heard about Joshua Zirkzee, and Jean-Clair Todibo, who is a player United have been following for a long time. But before entering into anything concrete for the summer, it is still too early.

Mathys Tel is one of the talents also being linked with United, but nothing is concrete in terms of contacts or negotiations. United will sign a striker this summer, but they still need to decide with their directors which kind of player they want. They already have a young striker in Rasmus Hojlund, so will they sign another one, or will they sign someone more experienced? They still have to decide.

It’s too early to know the future of Tel, though it seems clear that a loan move away from Bayern is not an option. Still, there are too many variables before deciding anything now. It depends on Tuchel’s future, Bayern future director Max Eberl plans, while other clubs linked with him still don’t have a director…it’s early for this one. For sure Tel wants to play more, but there is nothing else to report so far.

I’ve been getting a lot of questions about Alphonso Davies and his future, specifically if a deal with Real…