{"id":566858,"date":"2026-05-05T05:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/566858\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T05:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:17:10","slug":"kane-reaches-decision-on-joining-from-bayern-as-romano-reveals-95-chance-after-ratcliffe-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/566858\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane reaches decision on joining from Bayern as Romano reveals \u201895% chance\u2019 after Ratcliffe involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are unlikely to be able to tempt Harry Kane to leave Bayern Munich and move to Old Trafford in the summer transfer window, according to a report, as transfer guru Fabrizio Romano brings the latest on the future of Manuel Ugarte.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/harry-kane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kane<\/a> has long been on the radar of Man Utd, who wanted to sign him before he left Tottenham for Bayern in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The England international striker has been a huge success at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tag\/bayern-munich\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bayern<\/a>, winning the Bundesliga title two years in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern have also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League this season.<\/p>\n<p>In 143 appearances for Bayern so far in his career, the former Tottenham striker has scored 139 goals and given 33 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Kane does NOT fancy Man Utd move<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/manchester-united-harry-kanes-stance-on-premier-league-return-revealed-amid-contract-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Football Insider<\/a>, Man Utd remain keen on a 2026 summer deal for Kane, but the striker is unlikely to leave Bayern for the Premier League giants anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Talks between Bayern and Kane over a new deal are ongoing, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> have the English striker on their \u2018transfer shortlist\u2019 should negotiations break down.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to the report, \u2018Kane is clearly unlikely to move away from Bayern this summer\u2019 and \u2018remains keen to stay in Bavaria despite continued interest from the Red Devils\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Pete O\u2019Rourke added on the Transfer Insider podcast: \u201cKane did have a release clause that he could have activated, but he didn\u2019t activate it, which sort of pointed to the fact that he was very happy in Munich.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he is settled off the pitch in Munich as well. Look, as long as Bayern Munich are winning trophies and competing for their highest honours, I don\u2019t see any real reason for Kane to seek a move away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">as a preferred source on Google\u00a0<\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Manuel Ugarte \u2018definitely leaving\u2019 Man Utd<\/p>\n<p>Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manuel-ugarte\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manuel Ugarte<\/a> will \u201cdefinitely\u201d leave Man Utd in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>It emerged in April that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/sir-jim-ratcliffe-wants-man-utd-to-sell-manuel-ugarte\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe personally wants Ugarte sold<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The INEOS chief was not impressed with the Uruguay international midfielder\u2019s performance for Man Utd against Leeds United at Old Trafford last month.<\/p>\n<p>There have since been suggestions that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/man-utd-greenlight-manuel-ugarte-sale-half-price-sir-jim-ratcliffe-decides-useless\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd are ready to sell Ugarte for \u00a325m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Romano has now brought an update on Ugarte\u2019s situation, saying on the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UlPINa3v5GU\" target=\"_blank\">Here We Go podcast<\/a>: \u201cSome players will leave, especially in midfield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe name of Manuel Ugarte is the name I keep hearing as one of the players expected to leave. I would say there is a 95% chance of seeing Ugarte leaving Manchester United in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis agent is already working on solutions. There is interest from several clubs, so I think Manuel Ugarte is definitely leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd urged to sell Mason Mount<\/p>\n<p>Former Man Utd defender Gary Neville believes that INEOS need to sell Mason Mount in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Mount joined Man Utd from Chelsea in the summer of 2023 and is under contract at the Red Devils until 2028, with his club having the option to extend it by another year.<\/p>\n<p>Neville said on his podcast after Man Utd beat Liverpool at the weekend: \u201cMichael Carrick will be\u00a0very happy\u00a0tonight\u00a0, but I think he will also be disappointed deep down that they\u00a0haven\u2019t\u00a0gone on to win that game 3-0 or 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should have killed that game and put Liverpool to sleep because they were nowhere near this football match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s\u00a0won the game and\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0the most important\u00a0thing\u00a0but Carrick\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0be fooled by some of what he saw in that second half.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will know he needs to rebuild the defence and midfield.\u00a0If you\u2019re going to play 4-4-2, which I am massively in\u00a0favour\u00a0of United doing, you have to have two very special players in there and have defenders who can play one-on-one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re\u00a0asking a lot of\u00a0the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think United\u00a0need\u00a0a left-back for next season because Luke Shaw has played every game this year and he may struggle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need a centre-back, 100%, and they need two midfield players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are the four priorities right now.\u00a0They\u2019re\u00a0the players I would look at adding to this squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, if you could\u00a0then maybe\u00a0trade Mason Mount for someone else who\u00a0maybe can\u00a0play in and out and can be a bit more\u00a0flexible\u00a0across the midfield and forward line then I would say go for a fifth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if you\u00a0can\u2019t, I would say those four areas are the\u00a0priority\u00a0and\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0got to be top-notch, those players.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are unlikely to be able to tempt Harry Kane to leave Bayern Munich and move to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[42326,1766,218,448,103334,29745,349,17454,221,101,110,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-566858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-all-the-news","tag-bayern-munich","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-german-bundesliga","tag-harry-kane","tag-manchester-united","tag-manuel-ugarte","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-transfer-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566858","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=566858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}