{"id":956231,"date":"2026-05-13T03:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/956231\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:58:19","slug":"manchester-united-transfer-rumours-federico-valverde-strahinja-pavlovic-eli-junior-kroupi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/956231\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United transfer rumours: Federico Valverde, Strahinja Pavlovic, Eli Junior Kroupi\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=unitedinfocus.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add as preferred source on Google <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>A round-up of Manchester United transfer rumours over the past 24 hours\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li><strong>Federico Valverde:<\/strong> It was only a matter of time before Manchester United were linked with the second party in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/aurelien-tchouameni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aurelien Tchouameni<\/a> altercation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/man-utd-weigh-up-shock-37146321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Star<\/a> report United are \u2018weighing up\u2019 a move for Federico Valverde. I\u2019d file this one under \u2018too good to be true\u2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strahinja Pavlovic<\/strong>: AC Milan star Strahinja Pavlovic has earned attention from Manchester United, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Milan\/09-05-2026\/milan-pavlovic-sirene-dalla-premier-il-serbo-punto-fermo-ma-senza-champions.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Gazzetta dello Sport<\/a>. The 24-year-old centre-back has started 31 games for Milan this season and scored five goals. Expect a few Nemanja Vidic comparisons for the Serbian international.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eli Junior Kroupi:<\/strong> Bournemouth are determined to keep Eli Junior Kroupi this summer, amid interest from Manchester United and Arsenal, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/4252067\/transfer-news-flick-rashford-barcelona-kroupi-arsenal-leicester-monga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TalkSport<\/a>. The young striker has impressed for the Cherries this season. With United\u2019s budget set to be focused on midfield, we don\u2019t see this one happening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2260497442-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Kroupi playing for Bournemouth\" class=\"wp-image-332022\" \/>Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li><strong>Ederson: <\/strong>Atalanta\u2019s CEO has confirmed there has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/atalanta-ceo-comments-on-edersons-future-amid-man-united-transfer-links\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no formal interest<\/a> from Manchester United, or any club, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/ederson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ederson<\/a> so far. The Brazilian is one of several options the Red Devils are considering this summer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mateus Fernandes: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/11827\/12476234\/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=11677900#liveblog-body\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sky Sports<\/a> reports United are set to step up interest in both Ederson and Mateus Fernandes. They claim both are \u2018high\u2019 on the club\u2019s shortlist along with Elliot Anderson.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carlos Baleba:<\/strong> The same outlet claim United would be keen to get a deal done for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/carlos-baleba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Baleba<\/a> before the World Cup. The club are confident after doing a lot of the background work on the midfielder last summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> What are your thoughts on Ederson being linked to Man Utd? Is he what we need? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/UIF-transfer-rumour-16-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-351544\" \/>Getty Images       Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best United content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add as preferred source on Google A round-up of Manchester United transfer rumours over the past 24 hours\u2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":956232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,15068,256577,393,4884,2465,55980,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-956231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-ederson","10":"tag-eli-kroupi-junior","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-mateus-fernandes","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116565266217225084","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956231","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=956231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}