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Hello and welcome to the Manchester United transfer roundup for the day! The transfer window has closed around Europe and clubs are solely focusing on getting the best out of the players that are in their team.
However, let’s not forget that the January transfer window is only three months away and the rumours are already here regarding clubs targeting player for the window that comes up next.
We have some news with regards to the Red Devils as well, so without further ado – let’s begin!
#5 Mourinho won’t be sacked
Jose Mourinho is not getting much support from the football fraternity after his recent failures with Manchester United. The Portuguese has only managed to gain three points from three games as his latest loss came to Spurs at the Old Trafford.
Losing two out of three games isn’t the end of the world but the fact that it comes after how Mourinho has isolated some of the players in the team and, added to that, a poor window in the transfer market.
All of this has added to make most believe that the former Real Madrid boss will not see the end of the season as the manager of the Old Trafford. However, Sky reporter Dharmesh Sheth believes that the former Inter boss will not be sacked midway through the season.
His reasoning is that should the Portuguese be sacked, it would reflect badly on Ed Woodward himself as it would be his third failed managerial appointment since the retirement of the great Sir Alex Ferguson.
"I tend to think - and this is just purely from what I can see - that Mourinho will see out the season,” Dharmesh Sheth said.
"I personally think that will happen because Ed Woodward has been in charge since Sir Alex Ferguson left the football club.
"He's overseen two managers which haven't worked because they have both left before their contracts have been up - David Moyes first of all and then Louis van Gaal.
"If it happens a third time, it doesn't only look bad on the man who is in charge - in this case Jose Mourinho - but it doesn't reflect well on Ed Woodward either.”
As a result, Sheth believes that Woodward will back Mourinho instead of sacking him now.
"He has to be in a position where 'I've chosen this guy, I believe in this guy, and he's going to stay'."
#4 Martial
One of the players with whom Jose Mourinho doesn’t share a great relationship is Anthony Martial. The Frenchman was on the verge of leaving the Old Trafford but the board didn’t want to let go of him, even though Mourinho was open to the idea.
Instead, the top hierarchy at the Old Trafford are offering him a new contract, which not only shows how much they rate him but also puts them in a financially strong position regarding the former Monaco starlet.
However, according to Mourinho, the deal is not official yet and there will have to be some wait before it happens.
"Martial - we have to wait for it to be official," Mourinho said. "At this moment it is not official."
#3 Luke Shaw
When Jose Mourinho isn’t happy with a player, it doesn’t mean that the situation can’t be changed, despite what we have seen with Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial thus far.
One of the prime examples of that is Luke Shaw. The left-back wasn’t among the group of players that was trusted by Mourinho but now finds himself on the good books of the former Porto tactician.
Despite his good performances, however, he won’t be rushed into signing a new deal, according to Mirror. His current contract ends in 2019 and he won’t extend it unless he has an absolute guarantee that the club sees him as a long-term option for the position.
#2 Mourinho didn’t want Ronaldo
So imagine this: your board wants to sign five-time and the reigning Ballon d’Or winner for the club but you reject the option because you don’t want him. That is exactly what happened as Ed Woodward wanted to sign the former Sporting starlet but the self-proclaimed Special One didn’t sanction the move.
According to the Mirror, Jose Mourinho didn’t think that spending £90 million on a 33-year-old player was wise, which is on top of wages of around £500,000-per-week (which is about the same as what Alexis Sanchez earns at the Old Trafford).
He was, however, left furious that Woodward wanted to sign a 33-year-old when he didn’t opt to buy the targets that Mourinho had listed down.
#1 Pogba
A lot can happen in the next three months but it seems as though something humongous must happen for the Frenchman to stay at the club beyond the season.
The former Juventus star had been linked with a move to Barcelona all throughout the window but the move never happened. Even though the window is now closed, he is still being linked with a move out of the club in January.
According to Tuttosport, Pogba wants to return to Juventus in January. United, however, want to keep him, so much that they actually rejected a €112 million bid from Barca for the World Cup-winning star.
