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Manchester United once again turned to the Premier League to strengthen their squad, having signed midfielders from Chelsea and Aston Villa in recent days.<\/p>\n
However, early in the window, United\u2019s director of football, Jason Wilcox, demonstrated that he is prepared to look elsewhere in search of ideal profiles for Michael Carrick\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
This is why Wilcox was keen on signing Ederson, an aggressive runner and strong dueller, from Atalanta before the Brazilian failed to pass his medical.<\/p>\n
Manu Kone has \u201ceverything\u201d Manchester United need<\/h3>\n
Manchester United have signed Youri Tielemans and Andrey Santos, but they still lack a physically dominant midfielder capable of covering a lot of ground. <\/p>\n
In that pursuit, another Serie A gem has caught Jason Wilcox\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n
According to TEAMtalk, the United recruitment team have been seriously impressed by what they have seen from AS Roma midfielder Manu Kone.<\/p>\n
Kone showcased his exceptional technical ability and positional awareness at the World Cup, outperforming more popular names like Aurelien Tchouameni in North America.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has been a key player for Roma, he has become a trusted player under Didier Deschamps for France. United feel he has matured, and that is appealing. Yes, he does not have Premier League experience, but they think he has everything they want and need,\u201d Graeme Bailey told TEAMtalk.<\/p>\n
Jason Wilcox aware of Manu Kone\u2019s desire to join Manchester United<\/h3>\n
TEAMtalk\u2019s transfer correspondent believes Kone is \u201cone of the more serious options\u201d for United, who are now in the hunt for a third midfielder.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old is thought to be available for a fee of around \u00a351 million, which makes him even more appealing to the United hierarchy.<\/p>\n
Manu Kone Serie A stats: 2025\/26 Season<\/h2>\n
| Appearances<\/th>\n | 29<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|
| Minutes per game<\/td>\n | 85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Touches<\/td>\n | 61.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Key passes<\/td>\n | 0.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Accurate passes<\/td>\n | 42.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Interceptions <\/td>\n | 0.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tackles <\/td>\n | 1.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n Source: Sofascore<\/p>\n Furthermore, United is a \u201chuge appeal\u201d to the Roma midfield dynamo, and his camp have \u201cmade that known to Jason Wilcox et al.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier today, The Peoples Person relayed a report from Italy claiming the Red Devils are expected to make an offer for Kone in the coming days.<\/p>\n Featured image Paolo Bruno 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":" 5 Manchester United once again turned to the Premier League to strengthen their squad, having…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18342","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\/18342","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=18342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |
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