{"id":176998,"date":"2025-06-12T00:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T00:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176998\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T00:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T00:12:11","slug":"uefa-surely-unlikely-to-block-potential-man-utd-transfer-this-time-as-true-leader-eyed-for-old-trafford-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176998\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA surely unlikely to block potential Man Utd transfer this time as ‘true leader’ eyed for Old Trafford move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United are eyeing up a new goalkeeper as Ruben Amorim considers changes between the sticks this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Much of the focus around Manchester United<\/a> is on attacking additions after a goal-shy campaign in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Matheus Cunha is on board at Old Trafford<\/a> and Ruben Amorim<\/a> still wants to bring in more additions in attack.<\/p>\n

United are eyeing signings in other areas, though, and reports last season suggested Amorim wanted to sign two goalkeepers.<\/p>\n

Altay Bayindir is expected to leave United<\/a> this summer, while Andre Onana\u2019s disappointing season puts him in danger of being sold.<\/p>\n

\"PolandPhoto by Maciej Rogowski\/Eurasia Sport Images\/Getty ImagesUEFA unlikely to stop Marcin Bulka to Manchester United<\/strong><\/p>\n

A new name has emerged with United interested in signing Marcin Bulka from Nice, according to reporter Ben Jacobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Polish stopper is out of contract in 2026 and United could move to bring him to Old Trafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This would see a move between Ineos clubs, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe<\/a> in charge of both Nice and United.<\/p>\n

Fans will remember that United wanted to sign Jean-Clair Todibo<\/a> last summer, having seen the defender shine for Nice.<\/p>\n

UEFA blocked United\u2019s move for Todibo because both Nice and United were in the Europa League last season.<\/p>\n

UEFA have been trying to clamp down on moves between clubs under the same ownership, especially if they are playing in the same European competition.<\/p>\n

Ratcliffe was left furious with UEFA\u2019s ruling on Todibo<\/a>, believing that it was unfair to deny the centre-back a potential move to Manchester.<\/p>\n

Todibo ended up joining West Ham United instead, but United are unlikely to face the same issues this time around.<\/p>\n

Nice finished fourth in Ligue 1, meaning they will take part in the Champions League qualifiers this summer.<\/p>\n

United have missed out on European football entirely, so there is no conflict of interest with any move for Bulka.<\/p>\n

Much will depend on what Bulka wants from his next move, but Ineos may hope to move him across to Manchester and leave other clubs frustrated in the process.<\/p>\n

Manchester United target Marcin Bulka profiled<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bulka spent time with several different clubs in Poland as a youngster, before joining Chelsea at the age of 16.<\/p>\n

The 6ft 6in stopper impressed on trial with Chelsea but was unable to make a first-team debut with the Blues.<\/p>\n

Bulka\u2019s Chelsea deal ended in 2019, paving the way for him to sign for French giants Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n

Loans to Cartagena and Chateauroux failed to push Bulka any closer to first-team action at PSG before Nice pounced in 2021.<\/p>\n

11 appearances in his first two seasons represented a slow start for Bulka at Nice, but he has been their first-choice stopper for the last two campaigns.<\/p>\n

Praised as a \u2018true leader\u2019 by Nice boss Franck Haise, as quoted by Footboom<\/a>, Bulka is emerging as one of Europe\u2019s rising goalkeepers.<\/p>\n

Still only 25, Bulka may be viewed as the ideal signing as a second-choice goalkeeper who has the talent and potential to really push Onana \u2013 or whoever United\u2019s first-choice goalkeeper is next season.<\/p>\n

Bulka\u2019s contract situation and the Ineos connection mean United could secure a bargain with the Poland international.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are eyeing up a new goalkeeper as Ruben Amorim considers changes between the sticks this summer.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,69278,28279,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-176998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-marcin-bulka","10":"tag-sir-jim-ratcliffe","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114667503378783996","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176998","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=176998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}