{"id":674452,"date":"2026-07-05T03:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T03:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/674452\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T03:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T03:45:11","slug":"rio-ferdinand-gives-man-united-transfer-target-advice-after-private-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/674452\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand gives Man United transfer target advice after &#8216;private conversations&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rio Ferdinand has implored Manchester United to pull out all the stops and sign Aurelien Tchouameni.<\/p>\n<p>talkSPORT understands the Real Madrid midfielder, who is valued in excess of \u00a370million, is on the Red Devils&#8217; radar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aurelien Tchouameni dribbles with the ball for Real Madrid\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/aurelien-tchouameni-real-madrid-action-937039695.jpg\" data-caption=\"Tchouameni has won eight trophies with Real Madrid but could be ready for a new challenge\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/aurelien-tchouameni-real-madrid-action-937039695.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Tchouameni has won eight trophies with Real Madrid but could be ready for a new challengeCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his show Rio Presents, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/rio-ferdinand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferdinand<\/a> launched an impassioned plea to both parties to get a deal over the line if there&#8217;s any hint <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/aurelien-tchouameni\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tchouameni<\/a> wants to seek pastures new.<\/p>\n<p>Fer the greater good<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Tchouameni has half a sniff of getting out of that club, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113099\/manchester-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man United<\/a> have to be the first team at the door knocking and make sure he can&#8217;t even talk to anybody else,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RioMeets\/status\/2073486139131122052?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Ferdinand said. (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Ferdinand said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get him signed, sealed and delivered. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tchouameni, I know we&#8217;ve had a few conversations in private but man, I know you watch the show, looking down the lens right now at you, behind these shades, there&#8217;s only one club for you, man. <\/p>\n<p>Read more football news<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re looking to leave Real Madrid, we are the club. Man United are the club. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you want to make it happen, make the call. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;d do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tchouameni was previously targeted by United in 2022 when the midfielder was at Monaco.<\/p>\n<p>However, the English giants were beaten to Tchouameni&#8217;s signature by Real as they <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/1127801\/real-madrid-aurelien-tchouameni-monaco-transfer-man-utd-chelsea-liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrapped up a \u00a385m deal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>United&#8217;s new-look midfield<\/p>\n<p>United have identified their midfield as an area they need to strengthen following the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3928493\/casemiro-leaving-man-utd-emotional-statement-transfers\/#:~:text=READ%20MORE%20ON%20TALKSPORT&amp;text=%E2%80%9CFrom%20the%20first%20day%20that,during%20the%20next%20four%20months.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">departure of Casemiro.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils had also hoped to sell Manuel Ugarte in the summer, but those plans were ended when <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/world-cup\/4370270\/manuel-ugarte-injury-update-manchester-united-uruguay-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he sustained a serious knee injury<\/a> in Uruguay&#8217;s final group game at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Man United manager Michael Carrick\" height=\"650\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b0c24fe0-aa62-4d6e-bc77-d43d40839350.jpg\" data-caption=\"Tchouameni could become Carrick's first signing since becoming United's permanent manager\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b0c24fe0-aa62-4d6e-bc77-d43d40839350.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Tchouameni could become Carrick&#8217;s first signing since becoming United&#8217;s permanent managerCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>In terms of additions, United <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/4296706\/manchester-united-ederson-michael-carrick-transfer-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have already reached an agreement<\/a> rising to \u00a338.8m with Atalanta for Brazilian midfielder Ederson.<\/p>\n<p>United were also in for West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes but ultimately walked away from the deal due to his \u00a385m price tag, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/4384773\/transfers-mateus-fernandes-takes-tottenham-shirt-number-from-teammate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a fee which Tottenham were happy to stump up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for Tchouameni, Real may be tempted to cash in on him to help fund a move for Chelsea&#8217;s Enzo Fernandez.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish side was <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/4387382\/real-madrid-statement-enzo-fernandez-chelsea-transfer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">forced to release a statement<\/a> clarifying they have &#8216;no intention&#8217; of signing Fernandez, who Chelsea value at \u00a3120m.<\/p>\n<p>Before Tchouameni&#8217;s future is resolved, he has the small matter of the World Cup to worry about.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has started three times for France at this year&#8217;s tournament but missed their Round of 16 clash against Paraguay with a thigh injury.<\/p>\n<p>World Cup WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content--intro\">Don&#8217;t miss an update from talkSPORT in our dedicated World Cup WhatsApp channel.<\/p>\n<p>Search for &#8216;talkSPORT World Cup&#8217; in your &#8216;Updates&#8217; tab on WhatsApp and we\u2019ll drop the proper, unfiltered football chat straight to your lock screen\u2014no fluff, just pure talkSPORT energy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_c9c976f844c639c5-40\">It&#8217;s where you&#8217;ll find out all the new rules to watch out for, England and Scotland reaction and big match player ratings. <\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_c9c976f844c639c5-40\">Plus there will be loads of debates on the biggest talking points as Haaland, Mbappe, Kane and the biggest names in football descend on America, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand has implored Manchester United to pull out all the stops and sign Aurelien Tchouameni. talkSPORT understands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[68202,225542,225540,218,3628,1172,225541,1465,221,1705,7531,101,56,54,55,1232],"class_list":["post-674452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-aurelien-tchouameni","tag-aurelien-tchouameni-fee","tag-aurelien-tchouameni-to-manchester-united","tag-football","tag-football-news","tag-latest","tag-manchester-united-rumours","tag-manchester-united-transfer-news","tag-premier-league","tag-real-madrid","tag-rio-ferdinand","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674452","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=674452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}