Man United transfer news: £60 million goalkeeper could indirectly harm Man Utd, De Gea gives condition to join Real Madrid and more – June 5, 2018

Hello and welcome to the Manchester United transfer roundup for the day! We are just on the fifth day of the transfer window and it seems as though Manchester United will finally make their first official signing for the summer any time now.

Other than that, there are some new updates about Real Madrid’s superstars, Greek defender with an incredible name Sokratis Papastathopoulos, the teenager Diogo Dalot and Juventus left-back Alex Sandro.

Now that we got the summarization out of the way, we can begin with our daily dose of Manchester United transfers.

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#5 Fred and Sokratis

Manchester United and Fred is a saga that has already run long enough. However, if recent reports are to be believed, then this drama might just be nearing its conclusion.

According to Manchester Evening News, Fred was in Carrington and completed his medical ahead of his imminent move to Manchester United, which is said to be worth around £52.5 million.

His former manager at Shakhtar Donetsk, meanwhile, believes that Fred has already completed his move to Manchester United and he was very pleased to see one of his ex-students go to the Theatre of Dreams.

"I’m really pleased Fred has completed his transfer to Manchester United," Lucescu, who is now Turkey's manager, said. "I am proud of him.

"When I signed him at Shakhtar, Taison and Bernard were playing in his position.

"I transformed his position, giving him a more defensive role."

While Fred might have snubbed a move to Manchester City to move to United, Sokratis Papastathopoulos apparently rejected a chance to join the Red Devils in order to secure a move to Arsenal – at least that is what his dad claims.

He also spilt the beans about his son’s transfer to London, claiming that the Greek international has signed a three year deal with an option of a yearlong extension after the aforementioned three years.

“He is happy, he is in England at the moment, and tomorrow (Tuesday) he will [sign the contract],” his father said. “He is happy he is moving, I think he is going to a higher level. The world’s most competitive league and I believe it will go well.

“[The contract] is for three years plus one. Arsenal had talked to him two years ago, but I do not know why the transfer did not work then. The teams did not find agreement, probably.”

“There was interest from United, but for July, he had to wait until July for United,” he explained. “United had a very good relationship with Dortmund, the teams talked the most, but Sokratis chose to go to Arsenal.”

#4 Dalot and Sandro

Outbound?

A right-back and a left-back. Manchester United are going to do what Manchester City did last season by signing full-backs for a lot of money – aren’t they? So far, however, only Diogo Dalot’s looks likely to be happening.

According to Sky sources, which means that this rumour is as good as true, the teenager will complete his move to the Old Trafford by this week. While the fee has been described as “undisclosed”, it has also been reported that the youngster has a €20 million release clause in his Porto contract.

Meanwhile, Alex Sandro is another player linked to Manchester United. The Juventus defender has an admirer in Jose Mourinho, but according to Fabrizio Romano on Twitter, the Red Devils have not made a bid for the defender and there are NO talks going on right now.

#3 Gareth Bale

Back to the PL?

Gareth Bale was courted by Manchester United last summer, with Jose Mourinho even claiming that he would talk about him should Madrid not start him against Manchester United in the European Super Cup final last year.

In the end, Bale did start and the matter went into somnolence then and there. However, it seems to have woken up from its slumber since Gareth Bale’s admission of talking to his agent about his future at the Bernabeu.

And Diario Gol claims that Madrid’s initial intentions are to sell him to Manchester United. They could, however, let him go to Tottenham Hotspur should the Lilywhites consider sending Harry Kane to the Bernabeu.

Meanwhile, Don Balon add that Manchester United prefer Gareth Bale over Cristiano Ronaldo since he is younger and would cost less in terms of wages.

#2 Speaking of Ronaldo…

Cristiano Ronaldo training for Portugal

The Portugal captain is another player who could move back to the club that shot him to stardom as he, inferring his own admission, may have played his last game for Real Madrid against Liverpool in the Champions League final.

As a result, Don Balon are having a field day as they claim that the former Sporting starlet has an offer from Manchester United and could move the Old Trafford should his wishes of earning €40 million-per-year after tax not be fulfilled by the Madrid outfit.

Diario Gol goes an extra mile to claim that Ronaldo’s price has been set at €150 million, which could be reduced should Paul Pogba or David De Gea be swapped for the Portuguese.

#1 All about De Gea

Spain's goal guardian

David De Gea and Real Madrid was a marriage that was stopped due to the force of a fax machine. If not for that, he would be playing for the Galacticos right now. This might, however, finally happen this summer.

Apparently, Real Madrid want De Gea to force through a move and in order to push him to do that, they are going to make a £60 million offer for Roma goalkeeper Alisson, in hopes that this will trigger the Spanish shot-stopper into doing something, say Don Balon.

Meanwhile, Diario Gol say that David De Gea has a condition for joining Real Madrid: he will only join if Keylor Navas is sold to someplace else.