{"id":67495,"date":"2025-08-08T11:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/67495\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T11:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:40:07","slug":"carlos-baleba-once-dominated-man-united-star-soon-he-could-play-alongside-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/67495\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Baleba once ‘dominated’ Man United star, soon he could play alongside him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United players will be more than familiar with Carlos Baleba after facing him in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

While Ineos are wrapping up a \u00a373m deal for Benjamin Sesko<\/a>, Manchester United\u2019s<\/a> recruitment team are already eyeing up their next signing.<\/p>\n

United have made contact for Carlos Baleba<\/a> to explore a potential deal this summer, as Ineos look to deliver on Amorim\u2019s request for an \u201cathletic\u201d midfielder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brighton insist Baleba is not for sale<\/a> this summer, but it seems Ineos are ready to test the waters for the 21-year-old midfielder.<\/p>\n

United\u2019s hierarchy will certainly be eager to sign Baleba after seeing what he did against the Red Devils in a Premier League clash.<\/p>\n

\"CarlosPhoto by Mike Hewitt\/Getty ImagesCarlos Baleba \u2018dominated\u2019 Kobbie Mainoo in Premier League clash<\/p>\n

Since Baleba signed for Brighton in 2023, the Seagulls have faced United on four different occasions and won three times.<\/p>\n

In the final Premier League match of the 2023\/24 campaign, United beat Brighton 2-0 at the Amex Stadium with goals from Rasmus Hojlund and Diogo Dalot.<\/p>\n

As per One Football\u2019s<\/a> player ratings from that match, Kobbie Mainoo<\/a> only earned a 5\/10 rating despite being on the winning side.<\/p>\n

They wrote: \u201cIt was a tough\u00a0day for the youngster at the park, where he was dominated by\u00a0Brighton\u2019s\u00a0Carlos Baleba.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erik ten Hag was forced to change Mainoo\u2019s position<\/a> against Brighton after his side struggled to cope in the first half. <\/p>\n

Ironically, Baleba could form a world-class partnership with Mainoo<\/a> if he does complete a move to Old Trafford this summer.<\/p>\n

Carlos Baleba\u2019s record against Man United<\/p>\n

Baleba\u2019s dominant performance against Mainoo at the back end of the 2023\/24 season was the first of his three appearances against United.<\/p>\n

Last season, Baleba featured in both of Brighton\u2019s matches against United as the Seagulls completed a league double over the Red Devils.<\/p>\n

Despite winning, Baleba will have some bad memories of his first trip to Old Trafford. United lost 3-1 to Brighton in January<\/a>, with the only home goal coming from a Bruno Fernandes penalty.<\/p>\n

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It was Baleba who conceded that penalty for Brighton after pulling down Joshua Zirkzee in the box, and he was lucky to stay on the pitch.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, Baleba made a 17-minute cameo in the second gameweek of the season when Brighton beat Ten Hag\u2019s United 2-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United players will be more than familiar with Carlos Baleba after facing him in the Premier League.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[49246,16811,1084,403,99],"class_list":["post-67495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-carlos-baleba","tag-kobbie-mainoo","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67495","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=67495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}