{"id":1155619,"date":"2026-08-18T13:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1155619\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:07:35","slug":"man-utd-transfers-fabrizio-romano-confirms-huge-double-signing-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1155619\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd transfers: Fabrizio Romano confirms huge double signing planned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United<\/a> have made the signing of a new left-back their \u2018priority\u2019 for the remainder of the summer transfer window, and Michael Carrick also wants the Red Devils to land a central midfielder, Fabrizio Romano has confirmed.<\/p>\n

So far this summer, Man Utd<\/a> have bolstered their midfield with the captures of Youri Tielemans and Andrey Santos, while also signing Tynan Thompson and Karl Darlow. Thompson is an exciting 18-year-old winger who has joined United\u2019s U21 side, while Darlow has become Senne Lammens\u2019 new backup goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

United swooped for Tielemans and Santos after missing out on Elliot Anderson and Mateus Fernandes to Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur respectively.<\/p>\n

Carrick\u2019s side have also been told that Real Madrid star Aurelien Tchouameni and Alex Scott of Bournemouth are not available for transfer this summer.<\/p>\n

United continue to search for a third midfielder who can complement Tielemans and Santos, while they also require a left-back who can compete with Luke Shaw and eventually succeed the Englishman.<\/p>\n

On YouTube<\/a>, Romano analysed United\u2019s transfer plans by saying:\u00a0\u201cManchester United are currently very focused on a new left-back.<\/p>\n

\u201cConversations are happening behind the scenes on several profiles. We know that one of the favourites was Lewis Hall at Newcastle, but Newcastle don\u2019t want to sell the player.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are more candidates in the list at Manchester United being assessed, being discussed.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor sure, Man Utd are working on a new left-back, that\u2019s the priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of [a] midfielder, it might depend on opportunities. So if the right opportunity appears, I think United could still do something in midfield.<\/p>\n

\u201cOtherwise, they could stay with the current squad as they already added Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans to the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo let\u2019s see if the right name appears on the market, otherwise Man Utd will still focus their efforts on left-back.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Carrick, not just in public in interviews, but also in private conversations with the club, is pushing to get one more player at least, might be two.\u201d<\/p>\n

Man Utd evaluating left-back, midfield targets<\/p>\n

Our sources state that United view David Raum (RB Leipzig), Jorge Salinas (Racing Santander) and Antonee Robinson (Fulham) as alternatives to Hall.<\/p>\n

United have previously shown interest in Barcelona left-back Alejandro Balde, though that move appears unlikely.<\/p>\n

We revealed on August 10 that United could make a \u00a330m move for Raum<\/a> after internally admitting they need to explore other targets to Hall.<\/p>\n

With regards to their midfield hunt, United admire Brighton\u2019s Carlos Baleba, but the Cameroonian will miss the start of the new season after picking up an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Possible solutions for United include Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace), Manu Kone (Roma) or Tchouameni\u2019s Madrid team-mate Eduardo Camavinga.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Gavi has reportedly reached a decision on joining United from Barcelona for \u00a347m<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plus, United have received a boost as Galatasaray are preparing to move on from Bruno Fernandes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United have made the signing of a new left-back their \u2018priority\u2019 for the remainder of the summer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1155620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[160,748,393,163,4884,2465,98,24465,122477,101,100,16,15],"class_list":["post-1155619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-all-the-news","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-front-page","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-united","tag-michael-carrick","tag-popular","tag-premier-league","tag-transfer-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117116668899125765","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155619","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=1155619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1155620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}