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Publication date: Sunday, October 25, 2020 9:11 AM
Man United ‘surprised’ Dayot Upamecano and his representatives by offering £ 200,000 below its value in 2015.
Upamecano came to Rio Ferdinand’s recommendation for Man United in the summer, but Ed Woodward refused to sanction the move based on two reserves.
Instead, the 21-year-old has started the season in impressive form for Leipzig, helping the current Bundesliga leaders concede just three goals in their first five games, with Upamecano himself scoring in Saturday’s win by 2 -1 about Hertha Berlin.
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But The Sun claims Man United could have had the Frenchman in their ranks five years ago, when he was still in the Valenciennes youth team.
Upamecano left the French team for Salzburg in the summer of 2015 and stayed 18 months before joining Leipzig, but Man United chose not to sign him even before moving to Austria for £ 200,000.
The defender was interested in joining the 15-year-old Louis van Gaal squad, but was upset when no agreement could be reached on a fee, with Man United offering £ 500,000 for a Valenciennes player valued at £ 700,000.
The Sun quotes ‘a deal whistleblower’ as saying: “Dayot wanted to join United and the fee was really nothing. At first he got the red carpet treatment, but then they wouldn’t go that far with his offer and he left. “
Upamecano signed a new agreement with Leipzig in July that increased its buyout clause to 42 million euros (38.1 million pounds), with Arsenal said to be interested.
Jamie Carragher has also tipped Liverpool to make a move for “a young boy that everyone talks about.”
“He’s not Van Dijk’s profile, maybe 6ft 1, 6ft 2, so maybe not that aerial challenger, but if that’s the one Liverpool wanted next summer, go ahead and pay extra money and do it. January 1st.
“That means Liverpool would have to go through the next 11 league games without Virgil van Dijk.”
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