{"id":3968,"date":"2016-06-20T20:13:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefootballfreak.com\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2021-08-18T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T14:10:08","slug":"manchester-united-adam-ounas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefootballfreak.com\/manchester-united-adam-ounas\/","title":{"rendered":"Playmaker contacted by Manchester United chiefs: Has Jose pulled another fast one in the transfer market?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago many media outlets were suggesting that John Stones<\/a> would be a major target for Manchester United this summer. So what does Jose do? He pulls a fast one and signs Eric Bailly in a move that virtually noone saw coming. <\/p>\n

Then the papers cry ‘Pogba for playmaker!’<\/a> A few days later super agent Mino Raiola<\/a> tells the world that Manchester United want to sign Henrikh Mkhitaryan:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants to go to Manchester United and we are still trying to resolve the situation,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

And now it appears that Jose may have pulled another rabbit out of the hat as the little known 19-year-old Bordeaux playmaker Adam Ounas has started following various Manchester United stars on social media, with the press strongly linking him with a move. <\/p>\n

What does it tell us? Well, for one thing, Jose looks much better at doing things on the quiet than previous Manchester United managers. Louis van Gaal often bemoaned<\/a> the suddenly inflated price tags of players courted by Manchester United.<\/p>\n

But Jose is just getting on with his business in a quieter and more ruthless manner than we have seen at Old Trafford for some time. TFF always felt that this was a marriage made in heaven and we have no reason to think otherwise at this juncture.<\/p>\n

So what of Adam Ounas?<\/p>\n

The Mirror<\/a> states today:<\/p>\n

Manchester United target Adam Ounas follows club and players on Twitter fuelling transfer talk<\/strong><\/p>\n

The youngster has been lighting up Ligue 1 this season and has been contacted by United chiefs with a view to making the move this summer<\/strong><\/p>\n

This looks a little like the Anthony Martial deal. Ounas has only played 30 times for Bordeaux but scored an impressive 6 goals. Let’s not pretend for a second that he is going to be ready-made class like Martial. For starters he hasn’t developed physically like the instant Manchester United hero.<\/p>\n

And we can’t see him getting straight into the first-team due to general competition for places. But like the reported move for Breel Embolo<\/a>, this smacks again of a manager who is trying to build a genuine long-term Manchester United vintage that isn’t going to have success for a year or two, but make a sustained challenge at home and in Europe as Barcelona have done for nearly a decade. <\/p>\n

Ounas does look like a natural with the ball. He’s quick and makes the game look too easy already.<\/p>\n

Let’s have a look at some of his better moments. <\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X4vu974anOo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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