{"id":580686,"date":"2026-04-13T00:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/580686\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T00:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:39:08","slug":"united-prepare-offensive-for-wonderkid-as-midfielder-wants-to-establish-himself-at-big-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/580686\/","title":{"rendered":"United prepare offensive for wonderkid as midfielder wants to establish himself at big club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are preparing an offensive for a Championship wonderkid, while a midfielder in their sights wants to establish himself at a big club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United<\/a> will surely build on a great second half of this season in the summer. After the departure of Ruben Amorim early in 2026, Michael Carrick took over and has the Red Devils playing great football.<\/p>\n<p>They look very likely to secure Champions League football next season and they\u2019ll want to recruit for the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few positions they\u2019d like to recruit in \u2013 midfield the most urgent \u2013 while one player has come onto their radar that they don\u2019t want to miss out on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\">as a preferred source on Google <\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>United want Monga<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, TEAMtalk is aware United are one of a number of Premier League clubs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/man-utd-arsenal-join-man-city-formal-approaches-leicester-starlet-jeremy-monga-exclusive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who want to make a move for Leicester youngster Jeremy Monga<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-year-old \u2013 who has one goal and two assists to his name in the Championship \u2013 is not yet able to sign a professional deal, but United, Arsenal and Manchester City are all primed to make formal approaches when that time comes, in July.<\/p>\n<p>Leicester are, of course, preparing to offer Monga professional terms when he turns 17, but the aforementioned clubs are hoping that they can get in before that happens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/bruno-fernandes-makes-shock-ruben-amorim-man-utd-admission\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Fernandes makes shock Ruben Amorim, Man Utd admission: \u2018All of a sudden\u2019\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pavlovic pursuit will fail<\/p>\n<p>United are also among a host of clubs who want to secure the services of Bayern Munich midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old has been a useful member of the Bayern side, but is not yet a crucial player. As such, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/bayern-munich-stand-firm-aleksandar-pavlovic-man-utd-chelsea-man-city-interest-sources\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United and other clubs are carrying out checks on him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, TEAMtalk is aware that Bayern are adamant Pavlovic is not available for transfer.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder himself has no interest in moving away from Bavaria, either. Indeed, he\u2019s focussed on establishing himself as a long-term cornerstone of the Bayern midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd want left-footed centre-back<\/p>\n<p>One of the other positions in which United want to recruit is centre-back. Harry Maguire has signed a new contract at the club but is aware recruitment will be important over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN, checks have been made on \u2018several\u2019 left-footed centre-backs. One of those is Nottingham Forest\u2019s Murillo, who\u2019s been linked with United and a number of other Premier League sides of late.<\/p>\n<p>Further to that, it\u2019s stated the Red Devils are closely studying a list of free agents as they look to properly bolster the squad without having to splash huge numbers of cash on every new player that comes through the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are preparing an offensive for a Championship wonderkid, while a midfielder in their sights wants to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[8916,424,3788,1084,403,99,5765],"class_list":{"0":"post-580686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-all-the-news","9":"tag-front-page","10":"tag-manchester-united","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-soccer","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-transfer-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580686","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=580686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}