{"id":8554,"date":"2017-04-27T10:14:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T08:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefootballfreak.com\/?p=8554"},"modified":"2021-08-18T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T14:07:58","slug":"agreement-in-place-and-manchester-united-targeting-3-players-of-highest-quality-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefootballfreak.com\/agreement-in-place-and-manchester-united-targeting-3-players-of-highest-quality-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement in place? And Manchester United targeting 3 players of highest quality – rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"
The transfer speculation has certainly ramped up over the last week and Manchester United are now being linked with some players of the highest quality.<\/p>\n
Their summer spend will be absolutely huge if they do manage to snare these three.<\/p>\n
Willian<\/strong><\/p>\n The Brazilian wizard hasn’t always been a first choice at Chelsea this season but they will surely look to hold on to him if they can.<\/p>\n But the desires of the player cold come to the fore he and Manchester United may make a move according to ESPN who say:<\/p>\n Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is targeting Chelsea midfielder Willian as part of his summer rebuilding plans at Old Trafford, sources have told ESPN FC.<\/strong><\/p>\n James Rodriguez<\/strong><\/p>\n A player with all the talent in the world but he hasn’t quite managed to perform consistently at the top level in Spain after a really promising first season at Real Madrid.<\/p>\n The Colombia International, who has 19 goals in 54 games for his country, has been at Real Madrid since 2014 and scored 34 goals in 114 games.<\/p>\n And reports from Spain (via The Express) imply that Jose Mourinho and Manchester United have a verbal agreement in place to sign the inordinately talented but mercurial playmaker.<\/p>\n Raphael Varane <\/strong><\/p>\n Reports in Spain suggest that Jose Mourinho had held talks with the France international over a summer move to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old has to be one of the best defenders in Europe and is coming into his prime. As such he will surely be a difficult player to displace from the Real Madrid set up. But what a fantastic complement to the bruising talents of Eric Bailly. Varane has the same sort of grace and elegance in his movement as the Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand.<\/p>\n Manchester United fans: would he be a top addition or a luxury player?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"