Manchester United transfer news: Ronaldo’s mother urging him to move to Man Utd, The Red Devils want €200 million defender and more – June 16, 2018

Hello and welcome to the Manchester United transfer roundup for the day. The World Cup is in full swing, but there still is a lot of transfer activity going on behind the scenes.

Summarising the content up ahead, there is a bit about Alex Sandro and Anthony Martial, followed by Milan Skriniar, a Juventus trio, De Gea, Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo.

So without further ado – let’s begin!

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#5 Sandro and Martial

Left-back is a position where Mourinho hasn’t had much stability during his time as the manager of Manchester United, which is why it is only natural for him to want a left-sided defender on his team.

Alex Sandro is a player that’ has been constantly linked with the Red Devils. While some reports have claimed that the trail has gone cold, journalist Duncan Castles believes that it is just a ploy from the Old Trafford outfit to get Juventus to lower the Brazilian’s price since no-one apart from the Manchester outfit is interested in him.

“Manchester United are boxing clever when it comes to Alex Sandro. They are aware that Juventus want to sell the player,” Castles said.

“They are asking over €60m (£52.5m) for him. They think they can cash in and are very aware of Manchester United's interest for more than six months.

“They know the player wants to go there. United know this and know they don't have significant opposition at present.

“So they are allowing the story to go out that they have cooled their interest and are looking at other options at left-back.

“I’m told Juventus will have to lower their asking price considerably before Manchester United would be willing to pay it.”

Meanwhile, former Manchester United forward Louis Saha has claimed that Anthony Martial whose agent recently revealed that he wants to leave the club, could play anywhere he wants to.

“He can go anywhere,” he said. “He’s a very good player. There’s no doubt about this."

“He has this way of playing where you think he can do more, because he has enormous potential."

“He needs to improve his consistency and do it game after game.”

#4 Looting Juve and update on Fred

Sandro is wanted by United

It seems Juventus players are in demand at Old Trafford. After all, we have already read about Alex Sandro in the preceding slide. But that’s not where their interest ends.

According to Calcio Mercato, Mario Mandzukic and Sami Khedira are on the radar of the Red Devils. The Old Lady meanwhile are negotiating a deal to bring Matteo Darmian to Turin. United want €20 million for the full-back.

Meanwhile, journalist Simon Stone has revealed on Twitter that Fred’s move to Manchester United will be completed next week. United had earlier announced an agreement with Shakhtar over the midfielder.

#3 De Gea

De Gea made a blunder

Up until last night, David De Gea has been in the news for stories linking him with Madrid. His howler against Portugal means that he is now the topic of criticism among the Spanish press.

Nevertheless, he still finds a way to make it to this slider, as the Spanish number one according to Onda Cero is wanted by new Real Madrid manager Julen Lopetegui for Real Madrid. As a result, Real Madrid have contacted his agent Jorge Mendes.

On the other side of the coin, Manchester Evening News report that the Red Devils have agreed a new deal with the former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper. The new deal is five years long and will finally keep at bay the rumours of his supposed departure.

#2 The want for defenders

2018 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: France vs Australia

If I have learned anything from doing these roundups, it is that Jose Mourinho is absolutely going to sign at least one center-back in the summer. He has been linked with a long list of them already.

Independent understands that the Red Devils will go to war against Barcelona in order to land Inter’s Milan Skriniar. The Italian outfit want a whopping €80 million for the defender, which is a complication with the deal.

Meanwhile, Diario Gol adds that Raphael Varane is another player on the list of Jose Mourinho. They report that he feels he deserves more in wages after witnessing his French team-mates Antoine Griezman and Samuel Umtiti earn bumper deals with Atletico Madrid and Barcelona respectively, and will ask for a better deal.

If his demands aren’t accepted, he will leave – and United are waiting for the Frenchman, who has a release clause of €200 million.

#1 Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo scores against Spain at the 2018 World Cup group stage

At the age of 33, he opens his World Cup campaign by scoring a hat-trick against one of the best teams in the world. These are just things that only Cristiano Ronaldo can do.

It is perhaps for this reason that he feels like he deserves better from Madrid. Meanwhile, his mother Dolores Aveiro wants her son to go back to Manchester United because they treat him very well there.

"I would like him to return to Manchester because he was very well received there,” she told Le Parisien.

Meanwhile, Don Balon claim Jose Mourinho wants to add Cristiano Ronaldo to his side and is trying to coax him to the club by praising him after his great performance against Spain.

Over at Diario Gol, the departure of the Portuguese from Madrid now depends entirely on Jorge Mendes and Manchester United. Real Madrid want £120 million for him while United are willing to pay only £60 million.