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Publication date: Sunday, October 4, 2020 1:25 AM
Manchester United’s hopes of signing Alex Telles appear to be dashed after his £ 15.4 million offer for Porto’s left-back was rejected.
United is quickly running out of time to secure a deal for him International brazil, with the transfer window for Premier League clubs closing at 11pm on Monday night.
The Red Devils offer of £ 15.4 million for Telles is comfortably under the £ 22 million that Porto demands.
United risked their arm for a lesser offer, given that the 27-year-old is in the final year of his contract.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is still eager to add a new left back to add competition to Luke Shaw.
The England winger has battled injuries since arriving at Old Trafford in 2014. Meanwhile, Brandon Williams still considers himself two inexperienced to start on a regular basis.
Telles came to Porto from Galatasaray in 2016 and has won two Portuguese league titles in nearly 200 appearances with the club.
United’s latest rejection is the latest blow to what has been an incredibly frustrating summer.
The only addition to the senior team remains Donny van de Beek from Ajax, despite continued attempts to sign Jadon Sancho.
However, there are two agreements on the horizon with Edinson Cavani hoped to close his free transfer trade before Monday.
Cavani’s Uruguayan teammate, winger Facundo Pellistri, He also signs up to join from Atlético Peñarol.
United wins the race for center-back
Manchester United reportedly won the race to sign young center-back Willy Kambwala.
The 16-year-old will leave the Sochaux academy in France to join the Red Devils under-18 team.
RMC Sport states that United have agreed to pay £ 3.6 million to hire the promising young defender.
United, along with Liverpool, linked up with Kambwala in early summer, but no deal was reached.
Kambwala was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but has been called up by France in the U-16 category.
United’s process of attracting top young talent will continue for the past 18 months or so. There have also been eight other additions to the academy team so far this year, prior to Kambwala.
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