{"id":22153,"date":"2025-08-25T12:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/22153\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:48:07","slug":"mainoo-makes-transfer-decision-as-euro-giants-in-advanced-talks-for-40m-signing-after-amorim-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/22153\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainoo makes transfer decision as Euro giants in &#8216;advanced talks&#8217; for \u00a340m signing after Amorim snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, England international Kobbie Mainoo has made a decision on leaving Manchester United after being snubbed by Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/ruben-amorim-sell-bruno-fernandes-man-utd-sack-mailbox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mainoo<\/strong> <\/a>has suffered a major fall from grace since enjoying a remarkable breakout season in 2023\/24 for Man Utd and England.<\/p>\n<p>Injuries and disappointing form hampered the young midfielder last season and he has been heavily linked with an exit this year.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Man Utd<\/strong><\/a> starlet was reportedly made available for a transfer in January amid interest from Chelsea, with the Red Devils hierarchy looking to sanction pure profit sales to raise funds.<\/p>\n<p>Mainoo is yet to leave Man Utd, but the 20-year-old\u2019s long-term future is in doubt as he was an unused substitute against Arsenal and Fulham in the club\u2019s opening two Premier League games of the 2025\/26 campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/wheres-kobbie-mainoo-amorim-fighting-talk-and-ferdinand-system-theory\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ruben Amorim urged to sell Bruno Fernandes or face Man Utd sack<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Sunday\u2019s 1-1 draw against Fulham,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/wheres-kobbie-mainoo-amorim-fighting-talk-and-ferdinand-system-theory\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> United head coach Ruben Amorim explained his decision to snub Mainoo<\/strong><\/a>, with Manuel Ugarte brought on for Mason Mount to finish the game alongside Bruno Fernandes.<\/p>\n<p>Amorim explained:\u00a0\u201cNo, he is fighting for the position now with Bruno (Fernandes).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I changed two midfielders. I like Mason Mount there because we want to score a goal. And then when I change it, I felt that the team needed to return to one holding midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he (Mainoo) just needs to fight for the position with Bruno in training. Like it should be at Manchester United.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3498934\/kobbie-mainoo-manchester-united-transfer-news-deadline-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">a report from talkSPORT claims<\/a> Mainoo \u2018would consider\u2019 leaving Man Utd in this window, provided his current \u2018receives a suitable offer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-amorim-sack-manchester-united-sacrifices-mainoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Amorim wastes Arsenal goodwill immediately as Manchester United sacrifice everything for nothing<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-neville-tips-onana-hand-transfer-request\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Neville tips another Man Utd star to hand in a transfer request: \u2018They have to deal with that\u2019<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/neville-claims-man-utd-star-nowhere-near-biggest-worry-raised-two-signings-demanded\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neville claims Man Utd star is \u2018nowhere near\u2019 as \u2018biggest worry\u2019 raised with two signings demanded<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far this summer, Man Utd have invested around \u00a3200m to overhaul their attack, landing Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils remain in the market for further additions, with it reported that their priorities are a new goalkeeper and centre-midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>United likely need exits to raise funds for these deals, with Rasmus Hojlund looking the most likely to be the next player to leave the Premier League giants.<\/p>\n<p>Hojlund has dropped in the pecking order following the arrival of Sesko, with Serie A champions Napoli currently leading the race for his signature.<\/p>\n<p>Napoli have stepped up their interest in Hojlund following Romelu Lukaku\u2019s injury, with journalist Ben Jacobs claiming they are in \u201cadvanced talks\u201d with Man Utd.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs said on X: \u201cNapoli now in advanced talks with Manchester United over Rasmus Hojlund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLoan with conditional obligation discussed worth almost \u00a340m, with loan fee in addition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, England international Kobbie Mainoo has made a decision on leaving Manchester United after being snubbed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,794,19,17,9032,11,12,15,16,20,5,795,5278,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-22153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-home-page","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-kobbie-mainoo","18":"tag-latest-news","19":"tag-latestnews","20":"tag-main-news","21":"tag-mainnews","22":"tag-manchester-united","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-premier-league","25":"tag-rasmus-hojlund","26":"tag-top-stories","27":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}