{"id":137216,"date":"2025-09-06T14:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/137216\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:03:07","slug":"red-devils-to-trigger-unexpected-deal-as-free-replacement-chosen-with-one-star-kicked-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/137216\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Devils to &#8216;trigger unexpected deal&#8217; as &#8216;free replacement chosen&#8217; with one star &#8216;kicked out&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Manchester United are to \u2018trigger an unexpected deal\u2019, while they have \u2018chosen a free replacement\u2019 for one current star.<\/p>\n<p>The English transfer window closed on Monday night, but reports have indicated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd <\/a>are still working on potential exits.<\/p>\n<p>Deals with Turkish and\/or Saudi Pro League clubs could be struck as their transfer windows do not shut until later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a report claimed that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-decision-selling-two-stars-careers-over-this-month\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Andre Onana or Alter Bayindir\u2019s \u2018careers at United could be over this month\u2019<\/a> as one goalkeeper is likely to leave following the arrival of Senne Lammens on deadline day.<\/p>\n<p>Lammens is likely to be United\u2019s new No.1 following his deadline day move worth around \u00a318m plus add-ons, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/andre-onana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Onana <\/a>and Bayindir face being axed after being heavily criticised for their poor form over the past year.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fichajes.net\/noticias\/manchester-united-podria-fichar-manera-gratuita-recambio-onana-20250905.html\" target=\"_blank\">A report from Fichajes claims<\/a> Man Utd \u2018will kick Onana out next summer and have already chosen his replacement\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/feature-pl-sextet-reassigned-turkish-super-lig-liverpool-man-utd-chelsea-spurs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PL sextet reassigned to Turkish Super Lig as Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea, Spurs stars *finally* leave<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite signing Lammens, the report claims Man Utd have settled on AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, who is due to be out of contract next year, as a replacement for Onana.<\/p>\n<p>The report claims:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Manchester United has set its sights on Mike Maignan as a possible reinforcement for its goal. The English club believes it needs a change between the sticks following Andr\u00e9 Onana \u2018s inconsistent performances. The search for a new star has led directly to the Frenchman.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Onana looks increasingly likely to follow United\u2019s bomb squad members in leaving after Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho and Antony secured exits in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Sancho joined Aston Villa on deadline day on a loan deal and his current Man Utd contract is due to expire next summer.<\/p>\n<p>MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/benjamin-sesko-kobbie-mainoo-man-utd-latest-mediawatch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Benjamin Sesko mask slips as Kobbie Mainoo move \u2018personally blocked\u2019<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-romano-ratcliffe-clear-decision-mainoo-significant-never-asked-claim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd: Romano reveals Ratcliffe\u2019s clear \u2018decision\u2019 on Mainoo amid significant \u2018never asked\u2019 claim<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-romano-first-2026-transfer-clear-feeling-amorim-starter-final-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Man Utd: Romano reveals first \u20182026\u2019 transfer amid clear \u2018feeling\u2019 on Amorim starter in \u2018final season\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, United have the option to extend Sancho\u2019s contract on the same terms until 2027 and Football Insider\u2019s Pete O\u2019Rourke claims they will \u2018trigger this unexpected deal\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnited, just to protect themselves and their asset, will probably take up that option to extend Jadon Sancho\u2019s contract,\u201d O\u2019Rourke told Football Insider.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to ensure he doesn\u2019t walk out on a free transfer next summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main thing for Sancho at the moment is to be playing football and playing regularly. The talent is there, there\u2019s no doubt about that, so he\u2019ll be looking to get back to his best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat situation would be good for everybody involved. It would be good for United because it would put him in the shop window and potentially increase his price tag ahead of next summer. And it would be good for Sancho to be back playing at a high level.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Manchester United are to \u2018trigger an unexpected deal\u2019, while they have \u2018chosen a free replacement\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[6242,24663,19987,3788,11003,3,1084,403,99,18068],"class_list":{"0":"post-137216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-andre-onana","9":"tag-home-page","10":"tag-jadon-sancho","11":"tag-manchester-united","12":"tag-mike-maignan","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-premier-league","15":"tag-soccer","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}