{"id":628159,"date":"2025-12-12T10:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/628159\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T10:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:58:22","slug":"manchester-united-closing-in-on-transfer-targets-says-skinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/628159\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United closing in on transfer targets says Skinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                Manchester United head coach Marc Skinner says that the club are closing in on a couple of their January transfer targets.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have lacked depth in their squad at times this season and Skinner is keen to add more depth and experience when the transfer window re-opens.<\/p>\n<p>When speaking in a Manchester United press conference, Skinner confirmed that the club are closing in on a couple of deals ahead of next month\u2019s window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are already hopefully close to a couple of players which I think will be exciting,\u201d Skinner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be creative within the parameters but what I\u2019d say is we need to add to the group. I must stress that it is not because of the quality of my players, it\u2019s just the depth to be able to continue the experience, especially with the level of competition. We\u2019ve got Champions League, a tough game against Spurs, Champions League again and then a quarter-final. The level of competition is there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club have been looking into that and they have been for ages, so there\u2019s a plan, there\u2019s a focus. Hopefully, we are close to a couple and if we could bring in more, that\u2019d be nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on where his squad may be strengthened, Skinner hinted at the attacking positions, although he\u2019s keen to add to all areas.<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cWe need to add to the frontline. I\u2019d like to add some depth to all of the units \u2013 defence, midfield and attack where we can have a little bit of adaptation so we don\u2019t become the same team. What I dislike is when we have one style, we need to mix that style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be bringing in players in each unit to freshen things up with quality and experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One player who could leave Manchester United is attacker Geyse who has been on loan at National Women\u2019s Soccer League (NWSL) club Gotham FC. Skinner said that discussions on the player\u2019s future are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cRight now, Geyse is in the off-season because she has played all the way through [for Gotham]. We are looking at all of the options, so either way, I don\u2019t know yet. The club are looking at it with Geyse and her representatives and everything is on the table at the minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are next in action on Sunday when they play host to Tottenham Hotspur in the Barclays Women\u2019s Super League.<\/p>\n<p>        About The Author<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/fawslfulltime.co.uk\/author\/danp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1c70c5312cbbce8781ce26482ab2f2f9e73e142a712b69add1a4f6b885a2f75d\"  class=\"avatar avatar-150 photo\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/fawslfulltime.co.uk\/author\/danp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Pentland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am the editor and owner of the WSL Full-Time brand which I launched in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>I am an accredited journalist with the FWA, SJA and AIPS. I have reported from various levels of men\u2019s and women\u2019s elite football since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United head coach Marc Skinner says that the club are closing in on a couple of their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[192459,748,393,4884,2465,98,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-628159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-barclays-womens-super-league","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-united","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115706247846326991","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628159","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=628159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}