{"id":2421,"date":"2026-02-12T10:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/2421\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:16:08","slug":"lausanne-coaches-already-impressed-by-two-key-traits-of-man-united-loanee-sekou-kone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/2421\/","title":{"rendered":"Lausanne coaches already impressed by two key traits of Man United loanee Sekou Kone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United didn\u2019t make any late signings, but they did confirm that young midfielder Sekou Kone would head out on loan.<\/p>\n<p>Kone is highly regarded at Carrington, but the club felt he needed regular playing time to aid his development. A loan move looked like the right step forward for him.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old has joined Lausanne-Sport in Switzerland, a club linked to United through shared ownership. He\u2019ll stay there until the end of next season.<\/p>\n<p>Kone spent time training with Lausanne throughout January and did enough to earn a place in their squad for the rest of the campaign. Early reports suggest he\u2019s already settled in well.<\/p>\n<p>Sekou Kone already impressing coaches at Lausanne<img alt=\"Photo by Marcio Machado\/Eurasia Sport Images\/Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/f08f0b9f531528a786561b705cd7d0d8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Marcio Machado\/Eurasia Sport Images\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail reports that Lausanne are \u201cover the moon\u201d to have secured a deal for Kone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoaches are understood to have been blown away by his technical level on the ball,\u201d the report adds, and there is \u201ca real excitement in the building at his ball-winning ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Kone\u2019s loan move is being seen as a \u201clitmus test\u201d of United\u2019s multi-club model, with both sides hoping it sets a positive precedent.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not the only young United talent spending time there either, with Enzo Kana-Biyik also on loan with Lausanne this season.<\/p>\n<p>Sekou Kone can put himself in the picture for Man United place<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few months, Kone has the chance to get consistent playing time and show those back at Carrington that he\u2019s ready to step up for United.<\/p>\n<p>Kone\u2019s skill set could provide an option in midfield, especially with Carlos Baleba having a tough season so far.<\/p>\n<p>United are expected to overhaul their midfield in 2026, but if Kone stands out during his loan spell, it might save Ineos from having to spend big on a new signing.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>With Casemiro now gone, there will be openings in the squad when he returns this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United didn\u2019t make any late signings, but they did confirm that young midfielder Sekou Kone would head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[2604,2605,94,1571,2603,2602],"class_list":["post-2421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lausanne","tag-carlos-baleba","tag-casemiro","tag-lausanne","tag-lausanne-sport","tag-manchester-united","tag-sekou-kone"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}