(PLO) – Coach Erik Ten Hag spoke up about Manchester United’s January transfer plan when Sir Jim Ratcliffe bought 25% of the club’s shares and controlled all football at Old Trafford to replace the Glazer family.
The January transfer window (winter transfer) officially opens from January 1, 2024 and will last until the end of January. Manchester United are at risk of losing one of their biggest stars on a free transfer after they decided not to activate the option to extend his one-year contract.
(PLO) – Winning the jackpot: Manchester United comfortably spent “several hundred million pounds” during the transfer window when Sir Jim Ratcliffe exploited a loophole to invest in the Old Trafford team.
Specifically, Raphael Varane can open negotiations with every other club right now without MU’s permission, when the “red devils” of Manchester decided not to activate the 1-year contract extension clause with 30-year-old French midfielder.
MU signed a contract with Varane from Real Madrid in the summer of 2021 and announced that the contract between the two sides lasted until June 2025. However, there is information that Varane only signed a 3-year contract with MU and has the option to extend for another 12 months. This means that Varane’s contract with MU will expire at the end of this season if the two sides do not extend it for another year.
In an exclusive news report, the Daily Mail (UK) reported that MU decided not to activate the 1-year extension clause with Raphael Varane. MU still wants to keep Varane at Old Trafford, but does not feel Varane is worth a salary of £ 340,000 a week.
MU still plans to negotiate a contract extension with Varane, but they want Varane to significantly reduce his salary. Regarding long-term plans, MU wants to reduce the salaries of the highest-earning players to free up salary funds, creating resources for other stars to come to Old Trafford in the summer while still meeting the country’s financial fairness laws. Premier League.
However, MU’s decision means they risk losing Varane on a free transfer at the end of the season. This is similar to what MU did with David De Gea. After the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and De Gea, Varane is currently the player with the highest salary at MU.
Raphael Varane has been linked with a number of clubs, including Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and his former club Real Madrid. Varane is not the only MU player who can leave for free next summer, when Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Anthony Martial, Jonny Evans, Hannibal Mejbri and Tom Heaton also have their contracts expired. MU has decided to extend Victor Lindelof’s contract for another year, while Martial seems to be leaving for free.
Today (January 1, 2024), on the occasion of the official opening of the winter transfer window, the Mirror (UK) newspaper published a list of goals that coach Erik Ten Hag needs to strengthen the Manchester United squad, in This list has 5 players including Jean-Clair Todibo, Kalvin Phillips, Serhou Guirassy, Youssef En-Nesyri and goalkeeper… David De Gea. However, MU coach Erik ten Hag revealed that he does not expect the club to be “busy” in the January transfer window.
When asked by the media if he expected new contracts to come to MU during the winter transfer window, coach Erik Ten Hag replied: “I don’t think so. And if so, MU’s approach is, if you can improve your team then you should. What we expect from every player coming to Carrington is for them to give their all every day.
As a club, you have to look for improvement. So if you can find better things and it’s realistic in terms of finances and financial fair play, I think the club has to do it. But in reality, regarding the transfer market, almost all clubs cannot attract the best players in the winter.
Top players will not leave their clubs in the winter. Only players who are disappointed, injured or not fit enough or whatever leave in a mid-season transfer window like that.”
Meanwhile, after successfully buying 25% of MU shares for 1.3 billion pounds, Britain’s richest billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe promised to invest 235 million pounds in MU, including 135 million pounds this year and £100m over the following 12 months. MU can spend heavily in the summer transfer window after the end of the season, but now… it’s very difficult.
(PLO) – Manchester United has made a decision on the future of French midfielder Raphael Varane at Old Trafford.
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