Man Utd transfer news: Manchester United in talks with Jorge Mendes for £42 million Juventus defender

Man Utd news: Manchester United in talks with Jorge Mendes for £42 million Juventus defender as Ole Solskjaer is looking for new defensive reinforcements in the market.

Manchester United faced a major setback last night, as the 20 times English champions failed to qualify for the next campaign of the Champions league.

In the post-match interview, Manchester United manager hinted that the Red Devils will be vying for the new signings this summer. Further, Solskjaer’s concerns in the defense might have compelled the club to enquire about the Juventus defender Joao Cancelo from agent Jorge Mendes.

Cancelo, who joined Juventus last summer did not get satisfactory game-time and could quit the Italian club this summer.

Hence, the Red Devils are ready to offer £42 million for the Portuguese player. However, Juventus have valued the player for at least £50 million. Thus, in order to secure the deal, Manchester United are reportedly ready to include Matteo Darmian in the deal.

The Italian defender has been underwhelming for Manchester United with only 14 league appearances this season, leaving him on the periphery of the team.

On the other hand, Manchester United compromised with the right-back position by deploying Ashley Young over there, which contributed in several losses.

Although, most of the players throughout this season did not stand up to expectations. Further, their underwhelming performance last night made the fans furious as the club only required 16 points in the last nine games of the league for the Champions league qualification.

Hence, the Portuguese International looks like a much required recruitment for the Solskjaer’s side for the next season.

How twitter reacted on Manchester United last night

Look at these clips from Huddersfield vs Manchester United today. These lads are paid to look after themselves and be in peak physical condition, what a good number of United players are doing is cheating themselves, their fans and their team!pic.twitter.com/yxMeVhrI6p

— Football Analysis (@obsessfooty) May 6, 2019

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Huddersfield Town 1 – 1 Manchester United……..the neighbours pulls the same design.. Arsenal 1 – 1 Brighton & Hove Albion?! pic.twitter.com/MU2i9MpYhd

— @manuchoalex (@Alex46816002) May 5, 2019

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Two of the greatest football managers of the modern saying literally the same things about MANCHESTER UNITED. #mufc🔰 #VK pic.twitter.com/wZdlAXa7rH

— Manchester United Updates (@mnuupdates) May 6, 2019

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What’s next for Manchester United?

The Red Devils will host Cardiff City at Old Trafford in the last game-week of the Premier league. Ole Solskjaer have nothing to gain from this fixture, thus we might see youngsters in the lineup next week.

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Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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