{"id":663026,"date":"2025-12-30T18:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/663026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T18:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:37:09","slug":"exclusive-manchester-united-look-to-sign-experienced-midfielder-in-january-2026-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/663026\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Manchester United look to sign experienced midfielder in January 2026 window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                Image Credits: Imago Images            <\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are striving to be the best in class both on and off the pitch under Sir Jim Ratcliffe\u2019s INEOS.<\/p>\n<p>Both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams have had their own respective challenges this season and will hope to use the January window.<\/p>\n<p>A midfielder will be seen as a position which both teams could improve on.<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo are both out injured, with Mason Mount also a doubt for the game against Wolverhampton Wanderers.<\/p>\n<p>For the women\u2019s side, a midfielder is a much-needed position which can assist with depth as they enter a tough second half of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Skinner\u2019s side sit fourth in the Women\u2019s Super League with twenty-one points and are nine points behind first-placed Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>They are also in the round of sixteen of the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>A new midfielder could be the boost to both these competitions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaChfxG0rGiSe18EXk04\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE CENTREDEVILS WHATSAPP GROUP CHAT NOW!\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CentreDevils understands that Manchester United Women are looking at signing a midfielder this January window if all procedures go to plan, with the club assessing multiple targets.<\/p>\n<p>Internal talks have taken place in recent weeks to look at all options.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Johnson would ideally like a player who has experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/centredevils.co.uk\/transfer-news\/exclusive-manchester-united-complete-double-signing-for-january\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CentreDevils exclusively<\/a> broke that the Red Devils had completed the signings of Hanna Lundkvist and Lea Schuller.<\/p>\n<p>Both these deals have now been officially confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Lundkvist joined from the American side, San Diego Wave, on a free transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Schuller joined from Bayern Munich, where her contract was due to run out in six months.<\/p>\n<p>With 103 goals in 179 appearances and eight goal contributions in her last five league games, she has made an impression while in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Adding a new experienced midfielder alongside these two new signings could turn this window revolutionary for the Red Devils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Image Credits: Imago Images Manchester United are striving to be the best in class both on and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,202536,63462,16,15],"class_list":["post-663026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-matt-johnson","tag-midfielder","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115809973292946519","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663026","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=663026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}