According to reports, Manchester United have submitted a significant \u2018offer\u2019 for AC Milan standout Rafael Leao amid interest from Liverpool and Man City.<\/p>\n
In the summer, Man Utd<\/a> were very active in the transfer market as they overhauled their squad following last season\u2019s 15th-place finish in the Premier League.<\/p>\n The Red Devils raised funds through several high-profile exits, with Marcus Rashford, Rasmus Hojlund, Antony, Alejandro Garnacho and Jadon Sancho among those to move elsewhere.<\/p>\n This enabled the Premier League giants to invest around \u00a3230m on four key signings as one of the summer\u2019s biggest spending clubs in Europe<\/a>, landing Senne Lammens, Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha.<\/p>\n Each of these new signings have made a positive impact and have improved Ruben Amorim<\/a>\u2018s side, who have progressed in recent weeks and have won back-to-back Premier League games against Sunderland and Liverpool.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Big Weekend: Brentford v Liverpool, Man United, Eberechi Eze, Thomas Frank, El Clasico<\/a><\/p>\n Despite this, Man Utd are still quite a distance away from winning the Premier League and\/or Champions League, so they have substantial improvements still to make in the coming transfer windows.<\/p>\n It is common knowledge that they are crying out for a new No.6 after failing to land Brighton star Carlos Baleba in the summer, though this area is set to be addressed in January or next summer.<\/p>\n This is understood to be their transfer priority, though a report from Spanish outlet Fichajes claims<\/a> they have also \u2018offered\u2019 100 million euros (\u00a386m) for AC Milan star Leao.<\/p>\n The Portugal international has been sporadically linked with a potential move to the Premier League in recent seasons, though he has been in fine form in recent weeks. Since recovering from a calf injury, he has scored three goals in two Serie A matches.<\/p>\n MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 Man Utd are said to have \u2018accelerated\u2019 for Leao, who also has \u2018interest\u2019 from Liverpool and Man City as the latter club \u2018considers making an offer\u2019.<\/p>\n The report also claims that three \u2018key\u2019 factors will decide Leao\u2019s future as he has an \u2018onerous release clause\u2019 in his contract, though the value is not stated.<\/p>\n They added: \u2018Secondly, his performance: he must maintain or increase his offensive level in more competitive environments like the Premier League. \u2018And third, the player\u2019s will: his personal decision will be key, even more so if he finds the jump to Manchester United or the media exposure of England attractive.\u2019<\/p>\n United have also been looking to the future with their transfer business and have tried to acquire some of the best up-and-coming talents in England and elsewhere.<\/p>\n On Friday, a report from The Athletic revealed that they have \u2018completed the signing\u2019 of goalkeeper Charlie Hardy from Championship outfit Derby County.<\/p>\n They have also revealed Man Utd\u2019s plan for the 16-year-old England youth international, adding: \u2018Hardy, 16, will go into the club\u2019s academy system and under-18s side managed by Darren Fletcher, having completed the Premier League\u2019s five-step process for registering academy players yesterday.<\/p>\n \u2018He will sign a scholarship and be eligible for a professional contract when he turns 17 in July.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Manchester United have submitted a significant \u2018offer\u2019 for AC Milan standout Rafael Leao amid interest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,818,1525,44,1614,115460,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-239817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-manchester-united","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-premier-league","15":"tag-rafael-leao","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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