It promises to continue being a very exciting summer transfer window at Manchester United, with plenty of comings and goings. Who will be the next to join Fred, Diogo Dalot and Lee Grant as new arrivals this summer?
Who will be heading out the Old Trafford door? Let’s take a spin through the latest transfer rumors and gossip making the rounds on the internet today. As always, until it’s actually an officially done deal, take he rumors with a grain of salt.
-United have signed midfielder and American international Will Vint to the under-18s squad for the upcoming season.
CONFIRMED: @willvint now has his profile on the U18 section so it is official he is a U18 playerhttps://t.co/SpjAICACrF
— Manchester United ? (@_Man_Utd_FC) July 9, 2018
The 16-year-old was part a group of United youngsters who attended a preseason training camp in Austria this past weekend.
-How realistic is the idea of PSV Eindhoven and Mexico winger Hirving Lozano coming over to United this summer? Well, this is a transfer narrative that we have heard before in previous summer transfer windows and it never came close to happening.
ESPN FC has a transfer rumor realism rater, and obviously, it’s the farthest thing from an exact science, but they give Chucky to Old Trafford a 2.4 out of 5, with 5 being a done deal and a 1 being slim chance. So take that for what it’s worth.
-England’s deep World Cup tournament run has been great for all involved, and at least one of the Three Lions heroes, Leicester City man Harry Maguire, could be in line for a new team and with it a massive pay raise; if he so desires.
United are the favorites to sign him, according to the bookmakers. The Daily Star lists out the odds for all the big six Premier League clubs, as well as the longer odds that he goes to Barcelona or Real Madrid.
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