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Manchester United want to exploit Newcastle United\u2019s crisis by launching a raid for Sandro Tonali as an explosive exit from St James\u2019 Park gathers pace, according to new reports.<\/p>\n
The Red Devils are on the hunt for up to three new midfielders this summer, with a focus on Premier League-proven options to mirror last year\u2019s strategy to fix the misfiring forward line.<\/p>\n
Casemiro will depart Old Trafford once the Brazilian\u2018s contract expires in June after INEOS decided against triggering an extension. Manuel Ugarte \u2013 signed as a successor to the South American superstar \u2013 has failed to live up to the billing and may join his teammate through the exit door.<\/p>\n
Two recruits were planned to fill the void Casemiro\u2019s exit will create, but a third will be targeted if a suitable buyer can be found for Ugarte.<\/p>\n
This has led United to identify Tonali as a leading candidate to jumpstart their stalling engine room. The Newcastle United maestro has emerged as one of the finest operators in England since arriving from AC Milan in 2023, despite the initial turmoil of a ten-month ban for breaching betting regulations.<\/p>\n
The Magpies forked out \u00a355 million for the Italy international, however, and have placed a valuation as high as \u00a3100 million to fend off interested clubs. This list of suitors includes Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and United, as well as Serie A giant Juventus.<\/p>\n
Italian outlet All Juve<\/em> confirms Tonali is a \u201ctop target\u201d for United, with the Mancunian side \u201cready to make a massive offer to convince the Magpies to let him go.\u201d A previous report relayed by The Peoples Person<\/em> explained United had communicated their intent to table a big-money proposal to the player.<\/p>\n Now, it appears, club-to-club talks are being planned as the Red Devils look to stay ahead of their rivals in a red-hot race. It is understood that a \u201cfull-scale transfer push\u201d is being prepared.<\/p>\n The report concludes that United consider Tonali the \u201cperfect candidate\u201d in midfield and are said to be willing to \u201cinvest significant sums\u201d to lure him to Manchester. TEAMtalk<\/em> reveals the 26-year-old is \u201cpushing for a move away from St James\u2019 Park\u201d and that this may force Newcastle United to \u201ccave in\u201d.<\/p>\n A deal would still be extremely difficult to pull off given Newcastle United\u2019s valuation and the intense competition for Tonali\u2019s signature from other members of England\u2019s \u2018top six\u2019. <\/p>\n But if the Italian is agitating for a move, United may sense a rare opportunity to land a Premier League-proven midfielder entering his prime \u2013 the exact profile INEOS are intent on adding to their ranks this summer. <\/p>\n Feature image Carl Recine 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":" 29 Manchester United want to exploit Newcastle United\u2019s crisis by launching a raid for Sandro…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7566","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\/7566","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=7566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Final Thoughts<\/h5>\n