According to reports, Manchester United failed with a \u2018crazy attempt\u2019 to sign a Liverpool target \u2018in the last two days\u2019 of the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n
Man Utd<\/a> were very active in this summer\u2019s transfer window. They were largely focused on overhauling their attack as they signed Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha, while they also signed Senne Lammens to be their new No.1 goalkeeper.<\/p>\n The Red Devils also looked to offload deadwood as Rasmus Hojlund, Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho, Antony and Jadon Sancho moved elsewhere.<\/p>\n Lammens was their last summer signing, but they were also linked with other potential signings as it was reported that their next priority was to sign a centre-midfielder.<\/p>\n Despite this, a new report from Foot Mercato claims<\/a> Man Utd made a \u2018crazy attempt\u2019 to sign winger\u00a0Malick Fofana<\/a> from Lyon at the eleventh hour.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Marmoush out of Manchester derby: What his injury means for Man City against Man Utd (very little)<\/a><\/p>\n 20-year-old Fofana has been heavily linked with several Premier League clubs in recent months, with it reported that he has been on Liverpool\u2019s radar as a long-term replacement for Mohamed Salah.<\/a><\/p>\n Fofana grabbed five goals and four assists in 29 Ligue Un appearances for Lyon last season, with the report claiming Man Utd tried to \u2018snatch\u2019 him ahead of Liverpool and others.<\/p>\n The report claims Man Utd moved for Fofana \u2018in the last two days of the window\u2019 in a reaction to Garnacho\u2019s exit and Cunha\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n Fofana was reportedly \u2018tempted\u2019 to join Man Utd, though a deal did not go through for one reason.<\/p>\n MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 The report explains:<\/p>\n \u2018Under the impetus of Jorge Mendes who played the intermediary between Manchester United and the player\u2019s father, the Red Devils tried their luck.<\/p>\n \u2018While the Belgian international was tempted by the idea of \u200b\u200bjoining MU, the English club was just waiting for a signal from the player\u2019s father to start hostilities. A signal that never came and which sealed Fofana\u2019s future between Rh\u00f4ne and Sa\u00f4ne.\u2019<\/p>\n Interestingly, Kevin De Bruyne has likened Fofana to one of his former Man City teammates.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you look at how modern football is played, there are more man-to-man situations,\u201d De Bruyne said.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you have players who can dribble past opponents or create space for others, then that\u2019s only a good thing.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all the better for us that another youngster like Malick is joining us. A Jeremy Doku type? Yes, they\u2019re both wingers, quite small, quick.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, Jeremy has been with us for five or six years. He also plays for Manchester City, which \u2014 with all due respect \u2014 is a level above Lyon. Malick is younger and is still picking things up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Manchester United failed with a \u2018crazy attempt\u2019 to sign a Liverpool target \u2018in the last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[24663,91696,3788,3,1084,403,99,18068],"class_list":["post-148229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-home-page","tag-malick-fofana","tag-manchester-united","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148229","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=148229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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