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Manchester United are ready to ramp up their interest in Joao Gomes as Wolverhampton Wanderers are prepared to accept cut-price offers for their midfield maestro, according to a new report.<\/p>\n
Third signing in midfield?<\/h5>\n
Despite agreeing a \u00a339 million deal with Atalanta for Ederson, Manchester United have pulled the plug on the Brazilian\u2019s move to Old Trafford, instead pivoting towards Youri Tielemans.<\/p>\n
The Belgium international, who will turn 30 next season, represents a break from the club\u2019s policy under INEOS to target players in the 22-26 age bracket. However, a favourable \u00a335 million release clause for a midfielder with a wealth of experience in the Premier League and Europe has convinced the hierarchy to make an exception.<\/p>\n
Tielemans will join Andrey Santos as the second big-money summer signing to arrive in M16 after Chelsea accepted a \u00a350 million proposal for the 22-year-old Brazilian. INEOS are understood to consider the price a bargain in the current market, given Santos\u2019 profile and potential.<\/p>\n
But the Red Devils are not done yet, with a plan to add a third midfielder to Michael Carrick\u2019s depleted engine room. The departure of Casemiro has been exacerbated by Manuel Ugarte\u2019s serious knee injury, which is set to rule the Uruguayan out until well into next year.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, reports from Brazil suggested Manchester United had reignited their interest in Gomes. Alongside Liverpool, the two North West rivals have made fresh contact with Wolverhampton Wanderers over the 25-year-old Rio de Janeiro native, whose switch to Atletico Madrid has stalled.<\/p>\n
United ready to strike<\/h5>\n
Football Insider<\/em> now offers more insight into Manchester United\u2019s pursuit of Gomes, revealing United are \u201cready to turn their attention towards a fresh move\u201d for a player who is described as a \u201clong-term target\u201d at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n With Wolverhampton Wanderers having been relegated to the Championship, the Black Country side have made Gomes \u201cavailable for just \u00a330million\u201d, despite a valuation closer to \u00a340 million earlier in the window when Atletico were sniffing around.<\/p>\n A move to the Metropolitano Stadium fell through, however, as Diego Simeone\u2019s side were unhappy with Gomes\u2019 agent, Jorge Mendes, and his involvement in Bernardo Silva rejecting Atleti in favour of local rivals Real Madrid. Sporting CP captain \u2013 another option for United \u2013 has been signed instead.<\/p>\n But where Los Colchoneros lost out, the Red Devils want to profit. The report states the 20-time league champions are \u201chugely keen on the Brazilian, and are hoping to add him to their group alongside Aston Villa midfielder Youri Tielemans, who they now have a \u2018verbal agreement\u2019 in place to sign.\u201d<\/p>\n Football Insider<\/em> confirms there is competition from Anfield, with new Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola \u201clooking to bolster his options\u201d in midfield. The British outlet concludes that Gomes has been \u201clinked with a move to Old Trafford in several recent windows, but this could finally be the time where United get their interest over the line.\u201d<\/p>\n Having been hailed as a player destined to play for an elite club \u2013 \u201che\u2019s going straight to the top\u201d \u2013 by Micah Richards two years ago, this path to the pinnacle of football has been somewhat protracted for Gomes. However, if he seals a switch to the Theatre of Dreams, playing in the Champions League under the tutelage of a former midfield maestro like Michael Carrick, Richards\u2019 prediction will have come to fruition.<\/p>\n Featured image Naomi Baker via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n The Peoples Person has been one of the world\u2019s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 3 Manchester United are ready to ramp up their interest in Joao Gomes as Wolverhampton…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Final Thoughts<\/h5>\n
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