{"id":4696,"date":"2026-05-06T08:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4696"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:05:23","slug":"chelsea-man-utd-want-to-sign-belgian-winger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4696","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea &#038; Man Utd want to sign Belgian winger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<h6>News<span> \u00bb <\/span>Premier League news<span> \u00bb <\/span>Manchester United news<\/h6>\n<p class=\"articletimestamp\">May 5, 2026 20:59 GMT (UK), by <!-- Author Start -->Sri Aswin<!-- Author End -->\n<\/p>\n<h6>View Man Utd summer 2026 transfer targets<\/h6>\n<div style=\"float:right\">\n<figure>\n<p class=\"article_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyefootball.com\/imghold\/largestMika_Godts.jpg\" title=\"Mika Godts news\" alt=\"Mika Godts news\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p><figcaption><em itemprop=\"articleSection\">Chelsea &#038; Man Utd want Godts<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:16px\">\n<strong>Chelsea and Manchester United are keeping tabs on Belgian winger <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Mika Godts<\/span><\/span>  ahead of a potential approach this summer.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- responsive_ad --><\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old has made a huge impression during the ongoing season for Ajax, registering 17 goals and 14 assists across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>He recently stood out against PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie, scoring a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser in front of his fans.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea and Man Utd were keeping a close watch on the left-sided winger and could go head-to-head to purchase him this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are likewise admirers of the talented Belgian and could also enter the race for his services when the transfer window reopens.<\/p>\n<p>Godts is likely to prefer a Champions League outfit, which should put Arsenal and Man Utd in the front seat to land his signature.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are aiming for a marquee left winger this summer and it remains to be seen whether Godts can be convinced for a backup role.<\/p>\n<p>He may have to accept a similar spot at United, considering <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Matheus Cunha<\/span><\/span>  has been an undisputed starter for the club when fit.<br \/><!-- Article End --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- newadv --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\nvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0);\nif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\njs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\njs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\nfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News \u00bb Premier League news \u00bb Manchester United news May 5, 2026 20:59 GMT (UK),&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4696","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\/4696","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=4696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}