{"id":699556,"date":"2026-01-16T09:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/699556\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:13:10","slug":"football-transfer-rumours-murillo-to-replace-maguire-at-manchester-united-transfer-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/699556\/","title":{"rendered":"Football transfer rumours: Murillo to replace Maguire at Manchester United? | Transfer window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">This year, as with last year, Aston Villa are eyeing the January market to bolster their forward line. For Marcus Rashford in 2025, read <strong>Tammy Abraham<\/strong> in 2026. Roma own his registration, though he is now on loan at Besiktas. He was a fan favourite when on loan from Chelsea in Villa\u2019s Championship days, so such a move would be something of a homecoming. Another Villa target is <strong>Dani Ceballos<\/strong>, the midfielder once of Arsenal, and a useful Real Madrid squad player for years now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">To compound Crystal Palace\u2019s FA Cup misery, and the unsettling tidings on Oliver Glasner\u2019s future, there\u2019s the rumour that <strong>Jean-Philippe Mateta<\/strong> is a target for Juventus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He fought his way back into Ruben Amorim\u2019s reckoning but now there is fresh doubt over <strong>Harry Maguire<\/strong>\u2019s Manchester United future. There are a few takers, too, should he fancy a move in January. And all in Serie A, with Napoli, Inter and Fiorentina thinking he can do some damage. United are said to be considering Nottingham Forest\u2019s <strong>Murillo<\/strong> as a permanent option. With Michael Carrick in situ for now, there\u2019s talk he may move for <strong>Hayden Hackney<\/strong>, one of his best players when they were working together at Middlesbrough. Tottenham also fancy Hackney, and much may depend on whether <strong>Kobbie Mainoo<\/strong> is restored to the United midfield. Napoli would fancy a loan move for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A long-term United midfield project is <strong>Carlos Baleba<\/strong>, back at Brighton after the Africa Cup of Nations, and the subject of interest last summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">There\u2019s been wild talk Chelsea might sign a senior defender, rather than a youngster, and the player linked is Bournemouth\u2019s <strong>Marcos Senesi<\/strong>. Can the Cherries really be selling another asset? Money may well dictate that they have to. That\u2019s a January move but there\u2019s speculation in France that <strong>Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> may fancy joining Paris Saint-Germain as he is not happy Enzo Maresca was removed so unceremoniously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Another Chelsea player on the move may be <strong>Filip<\/strong><strong> J\u00f6rgensen<\/strong>, the keeper who has lost out to Robert S\u00e1nchez, and West Ham fancy him as one of their potential saviours in their battle against relegation. Further Hammers targets are <strong>Bobby Thomas<\/strong>, Coventry\u2019s central defender, <strong>Jamaal Lascelles<\/strong> at Newcastle and <strong>Bright Arrey-Mbi<\/strong> of Braga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">To continue the midfielders on the move theme, that <strong>Bernardo Silva<\/strong>, one of the very best players of the Manchester City golden era, is out of contract, has alerted a few suitors. Galatasaray, Napoli and Juventus are linked and the Saudi Pro League is a further option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">And <strong>James Tavernier, <\/strong>Rangers\u2019 skipper, may be set for a move to work with Rafa Ben\u00edtez, who now coaches Panathinaikos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This year, as with last year, Aston Villa are eyeing the January market to bolster their forward line.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-699556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115904014356246672","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699556","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=699556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}