{"id":73327,"date":"2026-08-20T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/73327\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:01:09","slug":"just-in-manchester-united-call-super-agent-to-enquire-about-barcelona-defender-romano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/73327\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in: Manchester United call super-agent to enquire about Barcelona defender &#8211; Romano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a key development, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2090450436490756550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> reports that Manchester United have called super-agent Jorge Mendes to enquire about the situation of FC Barcelona defender Alejandro Balde.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Red Devils are in the market for a new left-back and have identified several players as potential recruits, including Newcastle United of Lewis Hall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, with the Magpies closing the door on the Englishman, the Premier League club turned their focus to alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Balde on Manchester United\u2019s agenda<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As such, Manchester United have decided to call up Mendes to learn about Balde\u2019s situation and the conditions for a potential transfer for the La Masia graduate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comes even as the Portuguese super-agent arrived in Barcelona <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-set-to-meet-with-super-agent-today-to-accelerate-out-of-favour-stars-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">today to discuss several matters, including the future of Marc Casado<\/a>, who is on his way out of the Spotify Camp Nou.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fc-barcelona-v-rcd-mallorca-laliga-ea-sports-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lamine Yamal and Alejandro Balde of FC Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-209969\"  \/>Balde is on Man United\u2019s radar. (Photo by Judit Cartiel\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given the approach from Manchester United, it is likely that Mendes will discuss the same with Bar\u00e7a during his meeting with club president Joan Laporta and sporting director Deco.<\/p>\n<p>Balde does not want to leave<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, as per Romano, as far as Balde is concerned, he has no intention of leaving Barcelona this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The La Masia graduate is happy at his boyhood club even though he will face intense competition at left-back now that Joao Cancelo has been signed permanently by the La Liga champions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As such, the 22-year-old defender <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/alejandro-balde-sends-clear-message-over-barcelona-future-this-is-my-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">has no thoughts of leaving the Blaugrana<\/a> at this point and will only reconsider his stance if the club themselves ask him to leave.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fc-barcelona-v-real-madrid-spanish-super-cup-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"Alejandro Balde of FC Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-197558\"  \/>Balde does not want to leave. (Photo by Yasser Bakhsh\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, it remains a developing situation and only time will tell how things evolve in the coming days, with less than two weeks left before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n<p>Not an ideal pre-season<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Balde did not have the best of pre-season as a back issue kept him out of action in the early parts of the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, having recovered from the issue, he has been gaining minutes, starting in the friendly match against FC Basel and Al-Ahly in the Joan Gamper Trophy last night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under contract with the Catalan giants until 2028, Balde is expected to start against Elche this weekend, considering that Cancelo has only arrived this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a key development, Fabrizio Romano reports that Manchester United have called super-agent Jorge Mendes to enquire about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[933,92,222,223,263],"class_list":["post-73327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-alejandro-balde","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-manchester-united"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}