{"id":265097,"date":"2025-07-14T20:09:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/265097\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:09:15","slug":"man-utd-swooped-in-on-club-world-cup-ace-who-has-attracted-interest-from-roma-price-tag-is-firmly-set-for-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/265097\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd ‘swooped in’ on Club World Cup ace who has attracted interest from Roma, price tag is firmly set for midfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United and Roma are both interested in signing a talented midfielder who impressed at the FIFA Club World Cup this summer, according to reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The reformatted version of the FIFA Club World Cup was launched after the 2024-25 Premier League season and the tournament was held in the United States.<\/p>\n

The 32-club competition kicked off in June and the FIFA tournament culminated in July, with the final being held on Sunday at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Chelsea came out on top at this summer\u2019s Club World Cup and the Blues defeated Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain with a convincing 3-0 scoreline.<\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> did not feature at the Club World Cup and Ruben Amorim<\/a> has been busy preparing ahead for the Red Devils\u2019 pre-season campaign this summer.<\/p>\n

However, the Club World Cup sparked the rise of different players who have attracted interest in Europe and United and Roma have been linked with one name.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: All of Ruben Amorim\u2019s \u2018new players\u2019 will receive major boost from key \u2018role\u2019 that unsung Man Utd star will now play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"ManchesterPhoto by Vasile Mihai-Antonio\/Getty ImagesRoma and Man Utd are interested in Richard Rios after the Palmeiras midfielder\u2019s Club World Cup performances<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richard Rios has been linked with Manchester United<\/a> in recent weeks and the Colombian midfielder impressed at the FIFA Club World Cup with Palmeiras.<\/p>\n

Palmeiras reached the quarter-finals of the tournament earlier this month before Chelsea knocked the Brazilian side out in a 2-1 win at the Lincoln Financial Field.<\/p>\n

Richard Rios<\/a> played five times for Palmeiras at FIFA\u2019s competition this summer and the 25-year-old United-linked midfielder<\/a> picked up two assists for his side.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

La Gazzetta dello Sport<\/a> now reports that Roma have entered the race to sign Rios and the Serie A club face stiff competition from United over the player.<\/p>\n

Rios came through the youth academy at Flamengo before playing for the Brazilian side\u2019s first team, with the Palmeiras ace later moving to Brazilian Serie C club Guarani.<\/p>\n

The Italian newspaper added that Roma director of football Frederic Massara also held talks with Palmeiras over a potential move for Rios this summer.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho both made same eagle-eyed verdict of Man Utd ace, Ruben Amorim proved it was right<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Palmeiras\u2019 price tag for Richard Rios remains firm amid Man Utd and Roma\u2019s interest in the Colombia midfielder<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richard Rios has been with Palmeiras since 2023 after he was signed from Guarani and the Colombia international has made 137 appearances for his current side.<\/p>\n

The Colombia and Palmeiras midfielder has netted 11 times and registered 10 assists for the Brazilian Serie A outfit and is under contract with his club until 2028.<\/p>\n

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Roma had \u2018offered\u2019 \u20ac25m for Rios and Palmeiras are holding out for a bigger fee for the United-linked player<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It has been reported that Palmeiras are not willing to sell Rios for under \u20ac30m and United have \u2018swooped in on the player in the last few hours.\u2019<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United and Roma are both interested in signing a talented midfielder who impressed at the FIFA Club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,101202,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-265097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-richard-rios","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114853404133835318","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265097","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=265097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}