{"id":17760,"date":"2026-07-15T22:34:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=17760"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:34:47","slug":"ineos-have-one-day-to-trigger-clause-for-next-signing-as-chelsea-move-for-kone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=17760","title":{"rendered":"INEOS have one day to trigger clause for next signing as Chelsea move for Kone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Man Utd only have one day left to trigger Angelo Stiller\u2019s release clause at Stuttgart before it expires as Chelsea move in for Manu Kone, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have already got their first two midfield signings over the line this summer with Andrey Santos coming in from Chelsea and Youri Tielemans joining from Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Man Utd<\/strong> are still looking to sign one more midfielder this summer, as well as a left-back and left-winger as their other top priorities, while they could also sign a centre-back and\/or a striker if their budget stretches.<\/p>\n<p>Italian transfer insider Fabrizio Romano has insisted that Man Utd will sign one more midfielder this summer with Roma\u2019s Kone one of their targets.<\/p>\n<p>Romano said this week on YouTube: \u201cManchester United are not done. They will sign and want to sign one more midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are looking at defensive midfielders, physical players, so we have to see which options they have on the shortlist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:<span> <\/span>Prem legend warns Youri Tielemans about Man Utd as Unai Emery catches stray<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of you are asking me for names. It\u2019s still early to indicate who will be the player they really want, but I will tell you in the next days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you Manchester United made a call to the agents of Manu Kone from Roma. He\u2019s one of the players they appreciate. There was a call over the recent days and we\u2019ll see if it develops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have more targets, but Manchester United are definitely looking for that kind of player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBEFhZLD9S\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But Italian publication <em>Corriere della Sera<\/em> (via <em>Sport Witness<\/em>) insists that talks around Alejandro Garnacho potentially joining Roma have opened the door to Chelsea signing France midfielder Kone.<\/p>\n<p>The report adds that Chelsea \u2018have held initial talks and things could soon intensify, with Manchester United yet to make a formal attempt\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Another midfielder who Man Utd could look to sign instead of Kone is Stuttgart\u2019s Stiller, who was in Germany\u2019s World Cup squad, with German newspaper <em>Bild<\/em> (via <em>Sport Witness<\/em>) claiming that the Red Devils have one day left to trigger his release clause.<\/p>\n<p>A \u20ac36.5m clause in his contract expires on Wednesday with the Bundesliga club set to regain control of the situation if Man Utd or another club fails to trigger it very soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Romano reveals Man Utd talks over Real Madrid star as INEOS decide next two targets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite Man Utd sending delegations to watch Stiller last season, the report adds that \u2018there have been no concrete talks with Stuttgart regarding a possible transfer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>On potentially going back in for Atalanta midfielder Ederson, Romano said: \u201cToday Atalanta director Cristiano Giuntoli confirmed exactly what I told you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEderson to Manchester United is over. Completely over. Some people said maybe Man Utd could come back in August. It\u2019s not true. Manchester United decided against signing Ederson and sent him back to Atalanta. Ederson is very sad and very disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiuntoli said today that Atalanta were stunned by what happened with Manchester United because they didn\u2019t expect it at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe also confirmed Atalanta have offered Ederson a new contract because they want to keep the player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the deal is completely off. Forget all the stories saying Manchester United could come back later. It was off on Friday, off on Saturday, off on Sunday, and finally on Monday it was confirmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:<span> <\/span>Gary Neville, Paul Scholes issue verdict on Man Utd signing Tielemans \u2013 \u2018everyone else would be worried\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd only have one day left to trigger Angelo Stiller\u2019s release clause at Stuttgart&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17760","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\/17760","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=17760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}