Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has revealed what Manchester United need to do if they are going to sign Atletico Madrid star Conor Gallagher next month.<\/p>\n
It has been widely reported that the Red Devils <\/a>will look to overhaul their midfield in 2026 as they arguably need at least two new players in this department.<\/p>\n In the summer, Man Utd focused on overhauling their attack as they spent over \u00a3200m to sign Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha, while they also bought Senne Lammens to become their new No.1 goalkeeper.<\/p>\n These deals have helped to improve Ruben Amorim<\/a>\u2018s side, but they are still lacking in certain departments and this is especially the case in midfield.<\/p>\n United were priced out of a move for Carlos Baleba in the summer as they had limited funds, but it has been suggested that they could return for the Brighton star or target Nottingham Forest\u2019s Elliot Anderson.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Big Christmas Weekend: Chelsea v Aston Villa, Man City, Mason Mount, Thomas Frank<\/a><\/p>\n Alternatively, Man Utd could look to sign a cheaper option as a short-term fix in January, with ex-Chelsea star Gallagher mooted as an option.<\/p>\n Now, Romano has revealed that Gallagher is \u201conly\u201d available on a permanent transfer in January.<\/p>\n \u201cThe message I am getting from Atletico Madrid on Conor Gallagher is very clear,\u201d Romano said on his YouTube channel.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAtletico are only open to a permanent transfer, around \u20ac30 million. No loan.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was the same position in the summer, when Manchester United tried a last-minute move. It was not possible then and it is the same now.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes in January things can change late, but as of today, the message is permanent or nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n Baleba would have cost around \u00a3100m in the summer, but former Premier League CEO Keith Wyness has explained why he thinks his valuation has \u201cdipped\u201d to around \u00a375m.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, Brighton have been the masters. I mean, we just, we know what they\u2019ve done with Chelsea. They\u2019ve made a lot of money out of Chelsea with either managers or players. And I think they\u2019re in no rush to sell. I think they\u2019ll stick out for the price,\u201d Wyness said.<\/p>\n MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 \u201cYes, Baleba\u2019s form has dipped because a lot of people think it\u2019s because of all the transfer speculation. I\u2019m not necessarily convinced myself. I think his valuation has dipped, in my opinion, even though Brighton are very good at negotiation.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I would still see him going maybe in the \u00a375m to \u00a380m mark with some type of add-on or bonuses to get it up to make a headline number of close to \u00a3100m.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I do think that that dip in form will affect his valuation. If he comes back into form in the second part of the season, which he could well do, then of course in the summer they\u2019re going to be looking to keep that sort of \u00a3100m mark.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there\u2019s room now to negotiate, and I think Brighton would be prepared to move on. They\u2019ve got their replacements in place as Brighton always seem to have.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd so I think, yes, I think it\u2019s a chance to make a deal. But they better be quick in January if they\u2019re going to do it, because I think his form may come back from what I\u2019m hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has revealed what Manchester United need to do if they are going to sign…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,63665,201674,28198,596,818,1525,44,1614,85,13852],"class_list":["post-373126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-carlos-baleba","tag-conor-gallagher","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-home-page","tag-manchester-united","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373126","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=373126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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