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Manchester United’s Kobbie Mainoo arrives at Craven Cottage last Sunday where he sat on the bench.<\/p>\n
Manchester United could open the door to Kobbie Mainoo\u2019s exit before Monday\u2019s transfer deadline but strongly prefer a temporary move to a club abroad.<\/p>\n
Mainoo has fallen down the pecking order at Old Trafford under Ruben Amorim, with Bruno Fernandes dropping into a deeper role and the manager still preferring just two in central midfield and a back three, despite another dispiriting draw at Fulham last Sunday.<\/p>\n
The England international, who would entertain a move away, has not featured for United yet this season, but a move away to regain momentum in his career during a World Cup season could develop in the coming days.<\/p>\n
Tottenham Hotspur had explored the landscape of the market to sign a midfielder as the deadline fast approaches, but the Independent has learned that the club discovered United\u2019s preference over the 20-year-old\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
Mainoo has two years remaining on his contract, with the Red Devils able to extend that deal by a further 12 months, and United are against a permanent exit.<\/p>\n
Should Mainoo depart, United would prefer to send the player to a club abroad to avoid directly strengthening a Premier League rival.<\/p>\n
United are not actively looking to sell Mainoo, though, and also face an uncertain few days over Alejandro Garnacho\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
The Argentine is eager to join Chelsea, but no agreement has been reached between the clubs, with the 21-year-old\u2019s current deal running to 2028.<\/p>\n
Spurs have also encountered issues in their pursuit of a wide player and had made Aston Villa\u2019s Morgan Rogers their primary target.<\/p>\n
But Spurs are now exploring options in what has unfolded into a transfer scramble with Lucas Paqueta, Xavi Simons, Ademola Lookman and Maghnes Akliouche all now considered to strengthen Thomas Frank\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
Spurs were left disappointed when Eberechi Eze opted to join Arsenal this summer, despite initial interest and talks to join the Lilywhites.<\/p>\n
While a deal for Morgan Gibbs-White collapsed and negotiations with Man City to sign Savinho have proven difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United’s Kobbie Mainoo arrives at Craven Cottage last Sunday where he sat on the bench. Manchester United…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,20,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-26598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-manchester-united","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26598","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=26598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}