Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has provided an update on rumours that Man Utd are attempting to sign Borussia Dortmund winger Julian Brandt on a free.<\/p>\n
The Red Devils have been rejuvenated under Michael Carrick since the former midfielder replaced Ruben Amorim in January.<\/p>\n
Carrick has won nine, drawn two and lost two of his first 13 matches in charge at Old Trafford with Man Utd<\/a> just two points away from guaranteeing a place in next season\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n There is no certainty yet that Carrick will be the head coach next season but it is looking increasingly likely that he will be upgraded to permanent boss in the summer.<\/p>\n And Man Utd have already turned their attention to improvements they could make in the summer transfer market with Borussia Dortmund winger Brandt, who was once labelled \u2018junior Beckham\u2019 by team-mate Mahmoud Dahoud, rumoured to be one of their targets.<\/p>\n However, Romano has dismissed that Man Utd \u201cactively pursuing\u201d a deal for Brandt but he did not completely rule out a potential free transfer.<\/p>\n READ: Man Utd should only appoint one man ahead of Michael Carrick<\/a><\/p>\n Romano said on his YouTube channel<\/a>: \u201cCould be one, could be two midfielders, but for Julian Brandt, also, there is a lot of movement, and for sure, he\u2019s going to leave Borussia Dortmund, so an interesting name to follow.<\/p>\n \u201cAccording to some reports, there is also Manchester United involved. But I\u2019m told at the moment, Man United are not actively pursuing this deal for Julian Brandt.\u201d<\/p>\n There are rumours that Man Utd are looking to sign at least two new midfielders, a left-back and a left-winger as a minimum in the summer transfer market.<\/p>\n The Red Devils decided to spend the majority of their budget last summer on attacking players and now they will spend a chunk of this year\u2019s budget on midfielders.<\/p>\n Romano: Baleba \u2018still very keen on a move to Man Utd\u2019<\/p>\n Brighton\u2019s Carlos Baleba is believed to be one of their top targets and Romano has revealed that the Cameroon international is \u201cstill very keen on a move\u201d to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n Romano said: \u201cI want to mention a player I have been discussing since August last year, Carlos Baleba. The Brighton midfielder was a top target for Manchester United last summer and remains under consideration.<\/p>\n MORE MANCHESTER UNITED COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 \u201cAt this stage, nothing has been decided or advanced. However, he is still on the club\u2019s shortlist as they plan potential midfield reinforcements.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cNow, Baleba remains a target for both the scouting department and figures within the club.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are still several factors to consider, including the appointment of a permanent manager, budget decisions, and Brighton\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, what I can confirm is that the verbal agreement between Baleba and Manchester United from 2025 remains valid for 2026.<\/p>\n \u201cThe player is still very keen on a move to Manchester United.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has provided an update on rumours that Man Utd are attempting to sign Borussia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-555052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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