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Hello and welcome to the Manchester United transfer news for the day! You can feel it, can you not? With each passing day reaching towards August 31, 2018, the rumours seem to be dying a slow and almost painful death.
It is funny, you know, these rumours. You can’t live with them and you certainly can’t live without them either. Right now, the Premier League window might have ended but the Spanish window is still open, which leaves us with some stories regarding the Red Devils.
And so without further ado, we shall begin!
#5 Danny Rose admission
Former Newcastle star Shaka Hislop has given his opinion about Spurs preferring to sell Danny Rose abroad to PSG instead of seeing him join Premier League rivals Manchester United somewhere down the line.
The Red Devils were interested in signing the English left-back this summer but a move never materialized before the transfer window slammed shut. In fact, the Old Trafford outfit were supposed to sign a left-back and were linked with quite a few of them.
However, none arrived as Jose Mourinho will now have to give Luke Shaw another season as a means to redeem himself after being signed as a teenager from Southampton.
And now, with PSG’s links with Rose becoming stronger, former Premier League star Hislop believes that the North Londoners would gladly let him leave after his outburst from last season.
“I think Rose, given some of his outbursts from last season, I think Spurs would be happy to let him go,” he said.
However, he also added that the Lilywhites would opt to sell him to a foreign club like the French giants instead of seeing a rival team being strengthened with the acquisition of the full-back.
“Linked with Manchester United, Spurs probably wouldn’t want to do business with a rival.
“I can see Daniel Levy wavering on that one.
“If PSG can get the price down, it makes a whole lot of sense for both clubs and player.”
#4 Luke Shaw
Speaking of Luke Shaw’s survival at the Old Trafford, it became almost certain that he would leave the club after Jose Mourinho left him out of the matchday squad against Chelsea in the FA Cup final last season.
While the Red Devils lost that match and the FA Cup subsequently, Luke Shaw’s career at the Theatre of Dreams might have taken off after it. According to Manchester Evening News, Luke Shaw took it upon himself to revive his career and prove himself to Jose Mourinho.
Apparently, the full-back took Manchester United’s head of strength and conditioning, Gary Walker, with him to Dubai to get a week’s headstart over his team-mates.
The former Southampton youngster got another chance from Mourinho and doesn’t want to squander it away.
#3 More Danny Rose
After Shaka Hislop’s quotes on the Tottenham full-back, the manager of the club he is being linked with has spoken about the stories making that claim. Thomas Tuchel made it clear that he is not ready to talk about transfers rumours.
However, he did praise Rose in a very subtle way, claiming that it took him three days to prepare for the threat that he possesses.
"I will not comment on transfer rumours," Tuchel said.
"I will simply say that I came up against Tottenham Hotspur three years ago and it took me three days to work out how best to combat him [Rose]."
He also added that he hopes that the transfer window isn’t closed for the French giants just yet.
"I hope that our transfer window is not closed.”
Make of it what you will.
#2 Zinedine Zidane
When he was a player, he enchanted the crowd with his dazzling movements with the ball at his feet. After hanging up his boots, he slowly and steadily dived into the realms of coaching and ended up becoming the most successful coach of Real Madrid in the modern era.
The Frenchman holds the distinction of being the only manager to win three Champions League titles in a row. However, after winning the third one, he resigned from his post as the manager of Madrid and is now a free agent.
According to Daily Mail, however, it might not be like that for long as the Frenchman is interested in becoming the next manager of the Red Devils should they sack Jose Mourinho this season.
They also add that the World Cup-winning midfielder believes that he is the main candidate to replace Mourinho and is interested in the project.
#1 Pogba alternative
Barcelona and Paul Pogba rumours have been a trend this month and it might die even before the Spanish transfer window closes. The Catalans are interested in bringing the World Cup-winning French midfielder to the Camp Nou.
However, they are aware that it would be extremely complicated to bring the former Juventus man to the club, which is why they are now targeting an alternative: Kevin Kampl of RB Leipzig.
This is an information that comes out from Don Balon, who also add that signing Frenkie De Jong from Ajax and Adrien Rabiot from PSG will also be very hard for the Spanish giants to pull off.
