Manchester United, along with the rest of most global football, are off indefinitely, so let’s do some transfer talk instead. If there’s one thing that can survive a global pandemic, it’s transfer rumors. (Today’s MUFC news items round-up can be found here)
We start with an update on Juan Mata, who has dropped a hint about his future. The Spaniard who moved from Chelsea in January 2014 for a then club record transfer fee is open to finishing out his career at Old Trafford.
According to Sport Review: “Mata’s current contract is set to expire in the summer of 2021, and Manchester United also have the option to extend that deal by a further year to 2022.”
Next we move on to another item about the summer’s top transfer target, Jadon Sancho. Over at TalkSPORT, they have a post which shows you what a starting XI would look like at either United or Chelsea with Sancho included.
Also, when we say that Sancho has been heavily linked with United, we aren’t kidding. Here’s a tweet that gives a decent summary of all the paper talk concerning the English international and United.
Credible sources linking Jadon Sancho to #mufc:
• Fabrizio Romano [di marzio]
• David Ornstein [the athletic]
• Laurie Whitwell [the athletic]
• Raphael Honigstein [the athletic]
• Simon Peach [pa]
• James Ducker [telegraph]
• Paul Hirst [times] pic.twitter.com/2xKvnenOG7— Robbo (@utdrobbo) April 2, 2020
That’s all for now, but we’ll be back with plenty more Manchester United transfer rumors later. I mean, it’s not like we have anywhere else to be right now!
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