A Manchester United reporter has clarified which other position aside from central midfield the Red Devils are prioritising in the market, and following a U-turn on a Barcelona ace, it\u2019s full steam ahead for a Newcastle signing.<\/p>\n
Man Utd aim to sign two more midfielders after Ederson. West Ham\u2019s Mateus Fernandes is shaping up to be arrival No 2, with the Portuguese preferring a move to Old Trafford over all others.<\/p>\n
Man Utd are now ramping up a deal with the Hammers, and agreeing personal terms with the 21-year-old who is valued at \u00a385m won\u2019t be a problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Man Utd have interest in signing a left-back and left winger too. But according to the latest from Manchester Evening News <\/a>reporter, Tyrone Marshall, the winger pursuit has taken a backseat to the hunt for a left-back.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the moment, the focus is on a left-back rather than a left-winger,\u201d he declared in a Q&A for the MEN. \u201cUnited like Lewis Hall<\/a> and a deal could be done, with the ideal aim being to find a long-term successor to Shaw.<\/p>\n \u201cPatrick Dorgu is being considered more of a winger at the moment and I think that means it\u2019s unlikely a left-winger will join.\u201d<\/p>\n Newcastle<\/a> value Hall at \u00a360m, with TEAMtalk confirming he, Nathaniel Brown and Alejandro Balde<\/a> featured highly on Man Utd\u2019s left-back shortlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, the Red Devils chose to take a pass on Brown<\/a> who is now heading to Bayern Munich. That narrowed the option to two, with Marca then reporting Barcelona had put Balde up for sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n They declared: \u2018[Balde] is one of the players they (Barcelona<\/a>) consider transferable. In fact, they have put him on the market. They are waiting to see what happens.\u2019<\/p>\n Want more breaking news and transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk as a preferred source on Google <\/strong><\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n Barcelona won\u2019t sell Balde \/ Man Utd going for Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n Marca are a notoriously pro-Real Madrid publication, and aren\u2019t averse to writing stories that disrupt goings on at Barcelona.<\/p>\n And according to the latest update on Balde by way of Mundo Deportivo<\/a>, Marca\u2019s claims that Balde is up for sale are NOT true.<\/p>\n They declared: \u2018Balde is not for sale unless he asks to be let go.\u2019 And as yet, the left-back has not asked to leave, meaning he\u2019s not up for sale.<\/p>\n The Balde story may be a mere sideshow anyway, with Hall the real prize for Manchester United. Per our insider, Graeme Bailey, Man Utd are now ready to accelerate their pursuit.<\/p>\n He explained: \u201cTEAMtalk understands the club are now preparing to intensify their pursuit of Newcastle United full-back Lewis Hall.<\/p>\n MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON TEAMTALK\u2026<\/strong> \u201cWe have previously revealed that the England international remains Man Utd preferred target, and there is growing belief within Old Trafford that Hall would be open to making the move.<\/p>\n \u201cMan Utd sources remain confident that the 21-year-old is interested in joining the club and plans are being put in place for a concerted push in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cNewcastle for their part remain reluctant sellers and continue to insist they do not want to lose Hall, but Man Utd believe the situation is one worth pursuing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Manchester United reporter has clarified which other position aside from central midfield the Red Devils are prioritising…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1024111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[11679,160,199,748,393,163,4884,142707,2465,98,3047,122477,101,1061,100,16,15],"class_list":["post-1024110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-alejandro-balde","tag-all-the-news","tag-barcelona","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-front-page","tag-great-britain","tag-lewis-hall","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-united","tag-newcastle-united","tag-popular","tag-premier-league","tag-spanish-la-liga","tag-transfer-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116743015392187239","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1024111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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